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Disasters can harm older adults long after storms have passed

  • Written by Sue Anne Bell, Clinical Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
imageU.S. Army Spc. Pam Anderson applies first-aid medical attention to an elderly man during flood relief operations just outside of Winona, Minnesota, August 20, 2007. Staff Sgt. Daniel Ewer, U.S. Army, CC BY

My phone rang around midnight: A major hurricane was predicted to hit a nearby coastal town, which was under a mandatory evacuation order. Many...

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