Reactions of senior citizens to 9/11: Exploration and practice guidelines for social workers

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-47

  Monahan, Kathleen ^a   Lurie, Abraham ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11; Isolation; Seniors; Tragedies; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34548137397     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v45n01_03     Document Type: Review

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