@article {BOWIE:September-December 2003:1064-5136:171, author = "BOWIE S.L.", title = "Post-Disaster Crisis Intervention with Older Adults in Public Housing Communities", journal = "Crisis Intervention and Time-Limited Treatment", volume = "6", year = "September-December 2003", 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.", pages = "171-184(14)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/gcit/2003/00000006/00000003/art00001" }