TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Post-disaster crisis intervention with older adults in public housing communities
JO  - Crisis intervention and time-limited treatment
A1  - Bowie, Stan L.
SP  - 171
EP  - 184
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 1064-5136
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713638932
ID  - ref1
ER  -