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 prime thrust of this article is to . . .