Survivors of Hurricane Katrina: Losses, Hopes & Dreams of Displaced Older Adults
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Survivors of Hurricane Katrina: Losses, Hopes & Dreams of Displaced Older Adults Tammy L. Henderson, OK State University Karen A. Roberto, Virginia Tech Yoshinori Kamo, Louisiana State University Courtney Washington, OK State University Kavitha Penugonda, OK State University Funded by the National Science Foundation Proposal No. 0650909.
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Tammy L. Henderson, OK State University Karen A. Roberto, Virginia Tech Yoshinori Kamo, Louisiana State University Courtney Washington, OK State University Kavitha Penugonda, OK State University. Survivors of Hurricane Katrina: Losses, Hopes & Dreams of Displaced Older Adults. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Survivors of Hurricane Katrina: Losses, Hopes & Dreams of Displaced
Older AdultsTammy L. Henderson, OK State
UniversityKaren A. Roberto, Virginia TechYoshinori Kamo, Louisiana State
UniversityCourtney Washington, OK State
UniversityKavitha Penugonda, OK State University
Funded by the National Science Foundation Proposal No. 0650909.
Purpose• To conceptualize the losses of older adults displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
• To understand their resilience as described in their hopes and dreams.
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Methods• Purposive Sample• Open-Ended Questions• Grounded Theory Methods
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Open Coding• Defined categories & constructs.• Required consensus at all coding levels.
• Assigned each member a set of transcriptions.
• Verified data in pairs. • Maintained a detailed “Research Methods Journal” with all new codes & descriptions.
Open Coding• Identified Emergent Constructs were:
Loss of lives and pets Damages Loss of services Hopes and Dreams
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Axial Coding
• Compared the original transcripts to data acquired from the Open Coding.
• Posed research questions to the data.• Some of the emergent constructs were:
• Losses - Everything, Lives, Pets, & more• Personal Autonomy• Recovery of Personal Items• Home Repairs
darshon
Maybe take off "everything" if you are going to list things after.
darshon
Would this not go under the losses bullet?
Selective Coding
• Used Constant Comparison of these data:• Original Transcripts• Open Coding data• Axial Coding data
Selective Coding
• Losses • Tangible Losses • Intangible Losses • Family and Social Disruption
• Hopes and Dreams• Going Home• Resting on Hopes and Dreams• Loss of Hopes and Dreams
Emergent Constructs
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darshon
I'm not familar with this research but this bullet defines the construct using the name of the construct. Needs clarification
Sample
• 72 years old • African
Americans• Protestant • Women • Homeowners• Retired
Workers
• $16,600 or less• Widowed• Completed
high school • Live in New
Orleans area• Resided in
home 30+ years
Displaced Older Adults
Losses• Tangible Losses (80/87)• Intangible Losses (22/87)• Family & Social Disruption (49/87)
NOTE: Responses were not mutually exclusive.
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darshon
What do the numbers in the parenthesis represent?
Losses
Tangible Losses Family & Social Disruption
Intangible Losses0
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80
80
49
22
darshon
Is this percentages? Chart needs labels of what the numbers represent
Personal Items
Loss of Property
Damages & Home
RepairsLoss of Lives
Destruction of CityLoss of Utilities
People & Pets
“Everything I had was in that purse. My driver’s license, Social Security and one or two credit cards was in that purse.”
Tangible Losses
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Quote needs name of author. If anonamous, state that.
Tangible Losses
0102030405060
56
3930
1710 10
NOTE: Responses were not mutually exclusive.
darshon
Same as other chart. Needs labels.
Loss of Personal
AutonomyLoss Due to Crime
Loss of Contentme
nt
Intangible Losses
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Intangible Losses
0
24
6
810
12
Loss of Personal
Autonomy
Losses Due to Crime
Loss of Contentment
12
9
2
NOTE: Responses were not mutually exclusive.
darshon
Needs labels
Loss of Contact
W/FamilySeparation of
Families
Loss of Contact
W/OthersLoss of Social
Network
Loss of Communicati
on
“I have four sons; two of them have been displaced as well as my husband and I.”
Family & Social Disruption
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Include author of quote.
Family & Social Disruption
05
101520253035
31
15
6 62
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Needs labels.
Hopes & Dreams
• Going Home (52/117)
• Resting on Hopes & Dreams (51/117)
• The Loss of Hopes & Dreams (4/117)
NOTE: Responses were not mutually exclusive.
darshon
What do the numbers in parenthesis represent? Are they percentages?
Hopes & Dreams
Going Home Hopes & Dreams
Loss of Hopes & Dreams
0
10
20
30
40
50
60 52 51
4
NOTE: Responses were not mutually exclusive.
darshon
See previoius chart comments.
Desire to Go Home
Obstacles in Going Home
Modifications in Going
HomeRepair Home
Rent
Job/Income
Inoperable Businesses
RelocationNot
Returning to
Previous Home
“My dream is to get my house fixed & get back there & try to live the rest of this life out because you know at my age you can’t start all over again. You got to pick up where you left off you know.”
Going Home
darshon
Slide is very congested. Too much information on one slide. Also, include author of quote.
0
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40
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50
48
1412
Desire to Go Home
Obstacles in Going HomeModifications in Going Home
Going Home
NOTE: Responses were not mutually exclusive.
darshon
See previous chart comments.
Return to Pre-HK
Life
Better Life
Better Health
To Retire
See Family Again
Start Over
Not See Another Hurrican
e or Storm
Better State/Cit
yGet Out of the
Situation
“Well, I hope I can move back to New Orleans and get my house repaired and start living in it. Start living my life, a real good life.”
Hopes & Dreams
darshon
Again, slide is too congested and there is no since of direction or flow for the information on this slide.
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1 1 1
Better Life
Return to Pre-HK Life
Better Health
Better State/City
Not Another Hurricane/StormTo Retire
See Family
Start Over
Get Out of Situation
Hopes & DreamsNOTE: Responses were not mutually exclusive.
darshon
See previoius chart comments.
No Hopes & Dreams
Trying to Find
Purpose
Taking it Day-by-
Day
“ I have none. I have no purpose. I am trying to find a purpose.”
Loss of Hopes & Dreams
darshon
Include author of quote.
Loss of Hopes & Dreams
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1 1
No Hopes & Dreams
Trying to Find Purpose
Taking it Day-by-day
NOTE: Responses were not mutually exclusive.
darshon
See previous chart comments.
Summary
Losses Tangible & Intangible LossesFamily and Social Disruption
Hopes & DreamsGoing HomeResting on Hopes and Dreams The Loss of Hopes and Dreams
Summary
Personal Items Personal Autonomy Going Home Resting on Hopes &
Dreams
darshon
This slide has repetative information from slide 26 (previoius slide). Could be condensed.
Acknowledgements Local churches, including Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church; New Orleans & East Baton Rouge Councils on Aging; Council on Aging in St. Tammany and the Governor's Office on Elderly Affairs;The Advocate;Catholic Charities and Archdiocese of New Orleans, and others for their assistance with this project. Special thanks to Minh Dinh MBA and other graduate students at OSU, LSU, & Virginia Tech.
