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Elderly, Disabled Suffer in Wake of Superstorm Sandy  


Author:  Dana  Shilling, J. D..


Source: Volume 15, Number 06, March/April 2013 , pp.91-92(2)




Victimization of the Elderly and Disabled

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Abstract: 

Superstorm Sandy, like Hurricane Katrina (discussed by Robert Mead in “Tragedy in Three Acts: Emergency Preparedness and the St. Rita’s Nursing Home Catastrophe,” 11(1) VED 1 (May/ Jun. 2008)), exposed not only the additional vulnerability of the elderly and disabled in disaster situations, but the inadequacy of the measures that are supposed to protect them.

Keywords: Superstorm Sandy; Hurricane Katrina; Knickerbocker Village; Promenade Rehabilitation and Health Care Center; Rockaway; decision against evacuation

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