Journal
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages 247-270Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2011.560777
Keywords
aging; disaster; long-term recovery; New Orleans
Funding
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [R01AG028621] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIA NIH HHS [R01 AG028621, R01 AG028621-04, 5R01AG28621] Funding Source: Medline
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Data from this multiyear qualitative study of the effects of Hurricane Katrina and flooding in New Orleans suggest differences in how the elderly cope with disaster. At the time of the disaster, the elderly of New Orleans were at greater risk than other groups, and more elderly died than any other group during the storm and in the first year after. Those who did survive beyond the first year report coping with the long-term disaster aftermath better than the generation below them, experiencing heightened stresses, and feeling as if they are oagingo faster than they should. We offer insight on how we might define and characterize disasters, and illustrate that long-term catastrophes oageo in specific ways.
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