Roberto Karen A, Henderson Tammy L, Kamo Yoshinori, McCann Brandy Renee
Center for Gerontology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Health Care Women Int. 2010 Nov;31(11):981-96. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2010.500754.
We examined the personal challenges older women faced as they began to rebuild their sense of self after Hurricane Katrina. In-depth interviews with 74 older women approximately 6 months after the disaster revealed challenges in four domains: maintaining social connections, family connections but loss of independence, reestablishing a sense of place, and managing their own health or the health of a loved one. Follow-up data gathered several months after the initial interviews from 21 of the older women indicated that feelings of displacement persisted as they dealt with health concerns, found a place to live, and managed family roles.
我们研究了老年女性在卡特里娜飓风后开始重建自我意识时所面临的个人挑战。在灾难发生约6个月后，对74名老年女性进行的深入访谈揭示了四个方面的挑战：维持社会关系、家庭关系但失去独立性、重新建立归属感以及管理自己或亲人的健康。在初次访谈几个月后收集的来自21名老年女性的后续数据表明，在她们应对健康问题、找到居住场所并履行家庭角色时，流离失所的感觉依然存在。
