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Hurricane Ian: Older adults have many reasons for not evacuating – here's why it's important to check on aging neighbors

  • Written by Sue Anne Bell, Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
imageHurricane Ian pounded western Cuba on Sept. 26, 2022, on its way to the Florida coast.AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

As mandatory evacuations for Hurricane Ian began in Florida and the warnings about damaging wind and flooding intensified, I called my aging parents to check in.

Being a disaster researcher, my concern for them was already in high gear, even...

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