Geriatric mental health disaster and emergency preparedness
By: John A. Toner, editor ; Therese M. Mierswa, associate editor, Judith L. Howe, associate editor
Publisher: Springer Pub. Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780826122216
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A primer for disaster and emergency preparedness and evidence-based care practices in geriatric mental health / John A. Toner and Othmane Alami; title: Older persons in disasters and emergencies : the overlapping mental and physical health issues / Neil Hall; title: The geriatric emergency preparedness and response (GEPR) collaborative : a successful and productive network / Judith L. Howe; title: Coordinating services : state and local networks and resources / William Grant and Douglas M. Sanders; title: National and cross-national models of geriatric disaster preparedness : the Canadian context / Trish Dryden and Lynda Atack; title: Supervision and facilitated reflective practice as central to disaster preparedness services to the older adult : a national and cross-national model / Philippa Sully, Malcolm T. Wandrag, and Jenny Riddell; title: Making the community plan : a public health perspective / Andrea Villanti; title: Self help tools for older persons and their caregivers / Nina Tumosa; title: Volunteers : who are they and what are their roles? / Nora O'Brien-Suric; title: Psychosocial and pharmacological interventions for older persons in disasters / Douglas M. Sanders and Mark R. Nathanson; title: Case management for older persons in disasters / Michael B. Friedman and Kimberly A. Williams; title: Complementary and alternative approaches / Lucia McBee ... [et al.]; title: The interdisciplinary treatment team as a geriatric mental health resource prior to and during disasters / John A. Toner and Evelyn S. Meyer; title: Geriatric assessment for differential diagnosis / Mark R. Nathanson; title: Bereavement and grief : what is normal in disasters and emergencies? / D. Peter Birkett; title: The experience of vulnerability in geriatric combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder during times of disaster / Joanne Izzo; title: Alzheimer's disease and related disorders / Jed A. Levine and Beth A. Kallmyer; title: Disaster related elder mistreatment (DREM) / Ian Portelli and Terry Fulmer.