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Geriatric Mental Health Disaster and Emergency Preparedness

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422 Index<br />

V<br />

Valente, S. M., 145<br />

“Values <strong>and</strong> Character Traits in the<br />

<strong>Geriatric</strong> Combat Veteran Population,”<br />

325<br />

Veenema, T., 7<br />

Veterans, geriatric combat, 317 – 340<br />

EBP with, 338 – 339<br />

entering world of, 332 – 333<br />

hypervigilance reaction of,<br />

334 – 335<br />

identifying characteristics of, 326 – 332<br />

interventions for, 321– 323<br />

introduction to, 318 – 319<br />

IRR <strong>and</strong>, 329<br />

Korean confl ict characteristics of,<br />

328 – 330<br />

protection need of, 334<br />

PTSD symptoms expression of,<br />

323 – 325<br />

relationship/intimacy withdrawal of, 334<br />

September 11 <strong>and</strong>, 317– 318, 335 – 338<br />

stress avoidance of, 333 – 334<br />

values/character traits of, 325 – 326<br />

Vietnam War characteristics of, 330 – 332<br />

WWII <strong>and</strong>, 317, 321, 323<br />

WWII characteristics of, 327– 328<br />

younger veteran mentoring by, 337<br />

Vial of Lifesaving Information for<br />

Emergencies (LIFE), 148 –149<br />

Violence, in civil emergency, 106<br />

Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 72<br />

Volunteers. See also Community<br />

volunteers<br />

benefi t of, 162<br />

community preparedness <strong>and</strong>, 158<br />

emergency, 163 –164<br />

individual motives for, 161–162<br />

mental health services for, 169<br />

older persons as, 165 –166<br />

postdisaster work <strong>and</strong>, 169 –170<br />

providing/receiving mental health<br />

services, 169<br />

recruitment for, 165<br />

sociodemographic information<br />

regarding, 163<br />

spontaneous, 164 –165<br />

web sites for, 164<br />

Vulnerability<br />

for disasters, 96<br />

mistreatment risk from, 365 – 366<br />

of older Canadians, 90, 99 –100<br />

of older persons, 197, 362 – 366<br />

response plans <strong>and</strong>, 74<br />

W<br />

W<strong>and</strong>ering, 358<br />

dementia <strong>and</strong>, 350 – 351<br />

prew<strong>and</strong>ering signals for, 351<br />

social problems caused by, 350<br />

Watson, P. J., 213, 369<br />

Webb, John, 96, 97<br />

Weems, C., 78<br />

When Bad Things Happen to Good People<br />

(Kushner), 300<br />

White House, 130<br />

White Paper on Bioterrorism <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Preparedness</strong> , 52<br />

WHO. See World <strong>Health</strong> Organization<br />

2007 Winnipeg International Workshop on<br />

Seniors <strong>and</strong> <strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Preparedness</strong>,<br />

97<br />

Winston, D., 223<br />

Worden, J. W., 298, 303<br />

World <strong>Disaster</strong>s Report, of International<br />

Federation of Red Cross / Red<br />

Crescent Societies, 119<br />

World <strong>Health</strong> Organization (WHO), 91<br />

World Trade Center, 5, 343<br />

World War II (WWII), 306, 309<br />

PTSD <strong>and</strong>, 290<br />

veterans <strong>and</strong>, 317, 321, 323<br />

WWII. See World War II<br />

Z<br />

Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale, 145

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