Predicting patterns of disaster-related resiliency among older adult Typhoon Haiyan survivors

The number of natural disasters around the world has steadily risen in recent decades, thereby rendering these disasters a global concern. Disasters have included Hurricane Maria in the Dominican Republic,1 the Haitian earthquake,2 the Mexican earthquake,3 flooding in Bangladesh,4 flooding and landslides in Sierra Leone5 and Hurricane Harvey in the United States.6 These disasters have caused loss of lives, environmental damage and disruption to essential functions.7 For some individuals, natural disasters can cause trauma so great that it exceeds their innate ability to cope effectively.

Source: Geriatric Nursing - May 11, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Joseph U. Almazan, Jonas Preposi Cruz, Majed Sulaiman Alamri, Jazi Shaydied Monahi Alotaibi, Abdulrhman Saad B. Albougami, Rotacio Gravoso, Ferdinand Abocejo, Kelly Allen, Ghose Bishwajit Source Type: research