Post-Disaster Crisis Intervention with Older Adults in Public Housing Communities

Author: BOWIE S.L.

Source: Crisis Intervention and Time-Limited Treatment, Volume 6, Number 3, September-December 2003 , pp. 171-184(14)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

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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.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Publication date: 2003-09-01

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