Think of Grandma: Katrina Reveals Need for Protecting Elderly

Newswise — THINK OF GRANDMA: Senior adults are more negatively affected than other groups by disasters such as heat waves and hurricanes, yet little is being done to help them, according to a recent public policy publication. The report is published by the National Academy on an Aging Society in the latest issue of the Public Policy & Aging Report. Nina Tumosa, Ph.D., professor of geriatric medicine at Saint Louis University, can discuss SLU research underway on how to give frail elders the special attention they need in case of disaster