@article{ref1,
title="Post-disaster crisis intervention with older adults in public housing communities",
journal="Crisis intervention and time-limited treatment",
year="2003",
author="Bowie, Stan L.",
volume="6",
number="3",
pages="171-184",
abstract="The research is an examination of a collaborative crisis intervention and assessment experience coordinated by the Miami-Dade Housing Agency (MDHA) after Hurricane Andrew destroyed eight public housing communities that housed over 1,000 residents in August 1992. A local school of social work coordinated with the MDHA and several social service agencies to train 30 students to do crisis intervention with older adult public housing residents (N=225). The assessments ascertained that the respondents had multiple chronic health problems and in many cases needed medical and/or mental health intervention immediately. Some psychosomatic problems were a direct result of the hurricane trauma. Implications are discussed in relation to public housing authority (PHA) responses to ongoing disasters and the need for PHAs to take a leadership role in disaster planning for older adult residents.<p />",
language="",
issn="1064-5136",
doi="10.1080/713638932",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713638932"
}