Industry Resources | January 1, 1970
Psychosocial Issues for Older Adults in Disasters
July 21, 1999
William Oriol wrote this article in July 1999 concerning the health of Americans who have survived a disaster. Older Americans may nevertheless be especially hard hit by disasters arising from natural and human caused disasters. Their vulnerability may be caused by many factors, including: Physical or emotional frailty arising in the later years; Acute late-life feelings of personal loss intensified by disaster damage of property that is often of great nostalgic or economic importance; and Accidents of geography that intensify disaster's impact on concentrations of older persons. The . . .