Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the Department of Veterans Affairs: A conceptual model for understanding the evacuation of nursing homes

Gerontology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 581-588

  Dobalian, Aram ^a,b   Claver, Maria ^a,c   Fickel, Jacqueline J ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Disasters; Emergency preparedness; Nursing homes; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HURRICANE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; THREAT;

ADULT; AGED; CIVIL DEFENSE; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTER PLANNING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 78049423093     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000302713     Document Type: Article

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