Aging Families in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

卡特里娜飓风过后的老龄化家庭

• 批准号: 0650909
• 负责人: Tammy Henderson
• 金额: $ 1.95万
• 依托单位: Oklahoma State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-08-01 至 2006-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0650909&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Aging; Families; Aftermath; Hurricane; Katrina

Social science literature that addresses catastrophic natural disasters, including hurricanes has focused on disaster planning, disaster relief, and the stressors and strains placed on individuals and communities at-large. Little attention has been given to older families, especially African American families with special care needs who typically rely on a combination of a strong kinship care network and formal resources for day-to-day support. In the case of Hurricane Katrina, evacuees are facing prolonged dislocation compounded by separation from family and property loss. This long-term crisis presents significant challenges not only to older family members who relocated to Baton Rouge but also to the families and communities that opened their doors to evacuees. For example, more than 400,000 residents from New Orleans and other Gulf areas hit by Hurricane Katrina are now calling the city of Baton Rouge home. Overnight, size of the city has doubled; yet, little attention is being given to the impact this growth is having on its permanent residents. We integrate constructs from two theoretical frameworks - the life course perspective and the ecological model of human development - to examine the functioning of aging families in the aftermath of a natural disaster. Interviews will be conducted with 100 aging families, defined as two or more adults, 60 years of age or older, grandparents parenting grandchildren, or elderly persons being cared for by their adult children or other family members, who have been displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina and 100 aging families who are long-term residents of Baton Rouge coping with the overnight transformation of their community. In addition, 100 displaced families will be invited to continue participation in the study for one-month beyond the initial interview. Those who agree will be given a notebook and disposable camera to provide a brief account of events and decisions as they establish a sense of normalcy to their lives. The camera, a basic art form, will allow persons who are regularly exposed to the arts to capture their experiences using a familiar medium. Telephone interviews will be conducted with participants who return the notebook and camera to clarify any of the written information, and obtain the "story" behind selected pictures. The combined forms of data - the written word, photos, and confirmatory interviews - will provide further insights about their experiences as they work through changes in their lives. We anticipate that personal resources (e.g., education, income, health, self perceptions) and ongoing family and other informal relationships coalesce into an explanation of their overall family functioning. Study findings will advance theory and understanding of aging families' functional capacities in the aftermath of a major natural disaster and nonnormative events, especially for underrepresented groups, such as poor, African American, and Asian citizens. Findings will be widely disseminated through scientific presentations, publications, and the development of a Research Brief distributed to community leaders, service providers, and policymakers.

包括飓风在内的灾难性自然灾害的社会科学文献集中在灾难计划，救灾以及对个人和社区的压力和压力上。很少有人关注年龄较大的家庭，尤其是具有特殊护理需求的非裔美国人家庭，他们通常依靠强大的亲属护理网络和正式资源来获得日常支持。就卡特里娜飓风而言，撤离人员面临着长时间的位错，这是由于与家庭和财产损失分离而加重的。这场长期危机不仅给搬到巴吞鲁日的老年家庭成员带来了重大挑战，而且对向撤离者打开大门的家庭和社区也提出了重大挑战。例如，卡特里娜飓风袭击的新奥尔良和其他海湾地区的40万名居民现在称巴吞鲁日市为家。一夜之间，城市的规模翻了一番。然而，对这种增长对永久居民的影响几乎没有引起关注。我们从两个理论框架（生命过程的观点和人类发展的生态模型）整合了构造，以检查自然灾害后衰老家庭的功能。访谈将与100个老年家庭进行，定义为两个或以上60岁以上的成年人，祖父母育儿孙子，或者由成年子女或其他家庭成员照顾的老年人，他们因卡特里娜飓风而流离失所，是卡特里娜飓风和100个年龄的家庭，这些家庭是与他们过夜的社区改造的巴龙鲁格长期居民。此外，将邀请100个流离失所的家庭在最初的访谈之外继续参加研究1个月。那些同意的人将获得笔记本和一次性摄像头，以简要说明事件和决定，因为他们对自己的生活建立了正常感。相机是一种基本的艺术形式，将允许经常接触艺术的人使用熟悉的媒介来捕捉自己的经历。电话采访将与返回笔记本和相机的参与者进行，以澄清任何书面信息，并在选定图片背后获得“故事”。数据的组合形式 - 书面单词，照片和验证访谈 - 将提供有关他们通过改变生活的经历的进一步见解。我们预计个人资源（例如，教育，收入，健康，自我看法）以及正在进行的家庭和其他非正式关系融合在一起，以解释其整体家庭运作。研究结果将在重大自然灾害和非规范事件发生后，特别是对于贫穷，非裔美国人和亚裔公民等人数不足的群体，尤其是对衰老家庭的功能能力的理论和理解。 发现将通过科学演示，出版物以及分发给社区领导者，服务提供者和决策者的研究简介的开发来广泛传播。