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OLDER ADULT DISASTER RECOVERY FOLLOWING HURRICANE KATRINA

This study explores the effects of environmental disruption on older adult well-being, recovery and resilience following Hurricane Katrina. It is based upon the Gulf Coast Child and Family Health Study, a longitudinal cohort of 1,079 residents from Louisiana and Mississippi highly affected by the st...

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Autores principales: Merdjanoff, Alexis, Abramson, David, Piltch-Loeb, Rachael, Park, Yoon Soo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6841353/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2076
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author Merdjanoff, Alexis
Abramson, David
Piltch-Loeb, Rachael
Park, Yoon Soo
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description This study explores the effects of environmental disruption on older adult well-being, recovery and resilience following Hurricane Katrina. It is based upon the Gulf Coast Child and Family Health Study, a longitudinal cohort of 1,079 residents from Louisiana and Mississippi highly affected by the storm. Using five waves of data collected over the last 12 years, analyses examine the drivers of long-term recovery by age group, including factors such as household income, physical health, mental health, stable housing and social support. Path analyses compare the influence of these drivers on recovery among younger adults (18-54), the young-old (55-64), mid-old (65-74) and old-old (75+). Results demonstrate that each age group relies on specific factors to improve their recovery, and that only a small number of factors are critical for older adult recovery. Results can help identify points of intervention for disaster recovery planning that can facilitate long-term recovery for older adults.
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spelling pubmed-68413532019-11-15 OLDER ADULT DISASTER RECOVERY FOLLOWING HURRICANE KATRINA Merdjanoff, Alexis Abramson, David Piltch-Loeb, Rachael Park, Yoon Soo Innov Aging Session 2540 (Symposium) This study explores the effects of environmental disruption on older adult well-being, recovery and resilience following Hurricane Katrina. It is based upon the Gulf Coast Child and Family Health Study, a longitudinal cohort of 1,079 residents from Louisiana and Mississippi highly affected by the storm. Using five waves of data collected over the last 12 years, analyses examine the drivers of long-term recovery by age group, including factors such as household income, physical health, mental health, stable housing and social support. Path analyses compare the influence of these drivers on recovery among younger adults (18-54), the young-old (55-64), mid-old (65-74) and old-old (75+). Results demonstrate that each age group relies on specific factors to improve their recovery, and that only a small number of factors are critical for older adult recovery. Results can help identify points of intervention for disaster recovery planning that can facilitate long-term recovery for older adults. Oxford University Press 2019-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6841353/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2076 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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OLDER ADULT DISASTER RECOVERY FOLLOWING HURRICANE KATRINA
title OLDER ADULT DISASTER RECOVERY FOLLOWING HURRICANE KATRINA
title_full OLDER ADULT DISASTER RECOVERY FOLLOWING HURRICANE KATRINA
title_fullStr OLDER ADULT DISASTER RECOVERY FOLLOWING HURRICANE KATRINA
title_full_unstemmed OLDER ADULT DISASTER RECOVERY FOLLOWING HURRICANE KATRINA
title_short OLDER ADULT DISASTER RECOVERY FOLLOWING HURRICANE KATRINA
title_sort older adult disaster recovery following hurricane katrina
topic Session 2540 (Symposium)
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6841353/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2076
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