Includes bibliographical references and index.

a A primer for disaster and emergency preparedness and evidence-based care practices in geriatric mental health / John A. Toner and Othmane Alami -- Older persons in disasters and emergencies : the overlapping mental and physical health issues / Neil Hall -- The geriatric emergency preparedness and response (GEPR) collaborative : a successful and productive network / Judith L. Howe -- Coordinating services : state and local networks and resources / William Grant and Douglas M. Sanders -- National and cross-national models of geriatric disaster preparedness : the Canadian context / Trish Dryden and Lynda Atack -- Supervision and facilitated reflective practice as central to disaster preparedness services to the older adult : a national and cross-national model / Philippa Sully, Malcolm T. Wandrag, and Jenny Riddell -- Making the community plan : a public health perspective / Andrea Villanti -- Self help tools for older persons and their caregivers / Nina Tumosa -- Volunteers : who are they and what are their roles? / Nora O'Brien-Suric --

Psychosocial and pharmacological interventions for older persons in disasters / Douglas M. Sanders and Mark R. Nathanson -- Case management for older persons in disasters / Michael B. Friedman and Kimberly A. Williams -- Complementary and alternative approaches / Lucia McBee ... [et al.] -- The interdisciplinary treatment team as a geriatric mental health resource prior to and during disasters / John A. Toner and Evelyn S. Meyer -- Geriatric assessment for differential diagnosis / Mark R. Nathanson -- Bereavement and grief : what is normal in disasters and emergencies? / D. Peter Birkett -- The experience of vulnerability in geriatric combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder during times of disaster / Joanne Izzo -- Alzheimer's disease and related disorders / Jed A. Levine and Beth A. Kallmyer -- Disaster related elder mistreatment (DREM) / Ian Portelli and Terry Fulmer.