PASTORAL CARE & COUNSELING RESPONSE

Tragedy, The News, and Children//WUNC | 91.5fm | the state of things | Audio Archive

Link: WUNC | 91.5fm | the state of things | Audio Archive.

Tragedy, The News, and Children Air Date: 9/28/2005

Broadcast reports of disasters like Hurricane Katrina, or pictures of the war in Iraq, can reach children and cause them confusion and fear. What are the short- and long-term effects on children who see and hear these harrowing accounts? And how can you help protect them from the ubiquitous news reports? Host Frank Stasio looks at how children process the news they see and hear. Guests include: Alvin Poussaint, director of the Media Center at the Judge Baker Children’s Center in Boston; and John Fairbank, co-director of the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress at Duke University and UCLA. Listener Call-In. (50:00)
Children

NPR : 'Requiem:' Song of Comfort After Tsunami, Katrina

Link: NPR : 'Requiem:' Song of Comfort After Tsunami, Katrina.

'Requiem:' Song of Comfort After Tsunami, Katrina

Listen to this story... by Melissa Block

All Things Considered, September 14, 2005 � Eliza Gilkyson wrote "Requiem" as a song of grief following the Asian tsunami in December. Now, after Hurricane Katrina's devastation of the Gulf Coast region, this song is finding its way to listeners and can be a song of prayer and comfort.

The singer-songwriter explains how "Requiem," from her album Paradise Hotel, became a "vehicle for grieving

RESOURCES

Below are resources for those who will be providing intervention as an expression of their care to those whose lives have been dramatically impacted by the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. These resources also apply to caring for the caregivers. 

http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/topics/katrina.html

includes a special fact sheet:

Psychosocial Consequences of Major Hurricanes and Floods (PDF)

A summary of research by Dr. Fran Norris extracted from a comprehensive review of the disaster mental health litereature, focusing on the aftermath of hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and dam collapses.

Myron Madden and Ann Madden Safe

Barbara McGuire, CPSP Registrar, did extensive work to obtain news about the well  being of Myron and Ann Madden. This AM Barbara received the following message:

Dear Barbara,
      We are fine.  Our house is fine.  Our workshop is not so fine - a large pine tree is resting on top of it.  The yard is filled with horizonal trees - some are not ours! 

ACPE Announces Action Plan to Serve Evacuees

Please circulate immediately to your regions:

Our colleagues in Texas are being called on to provide a number of services to the evacuees who have landed in their cities.  In addition, they are expected to continue to provide routine and crisis pastoral care in their institutions.  We should be mindful and prayerful for them during this time.

NPR : Katrina Web Resources

Link: NPR : Katrina Web Resources.

Katrina Katrina Web Resources

NPR.org, September 6, 2005 � Read a list of government and private resources related to Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, including where to get aid, how to help victims and how to locate missing relatives and friends.

New Orleans' Times-Picayune Provides Breaking News

The Times-Picayune of New Orleans is providing continuous updates and breaking news on the Hurricane Katrina. It is a crucial resource for those who want to be informed about the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. You will  find The Times-Picayune photo journalism poignant. -Perry Miller, Editor

Plea to Congress and White House to Launch Disaster Relief Medicare for Gulf States

Press Release

Medicare Rights Center               

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Michael De Dora
Communications Assistant (212) 204-6233
Robert Hayes (212) 204-6215 or (917) 583-6620

September 2, 2005

New York, NY –  Below is a statement from Robert M. Hayes, president of the Medicare Rights Center, a national consumer service group, seeking immediate launch of Disaster Relief Medicare for victims of Hurricane Katrina:

          Hundreds of thousands of Americans are facing protracted refugee status in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.  Millions of Americans from the afflicted states have lost homes, businesses, jobs or savings.  Forced interstate migrations continue.

          The most practical way to bring needed health care to disaster victims is to create Disaster Relief Medicare for Americans displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

Chaos Surrounds Some N.C. Medical Workers Trying To Help Hurricane Victims

This story suggest that our pastoral response will need careful and detailed planning. Our best intentions might be hampered by incompetence.
-Perry Miller, Editor

Link: WRAL.com - News - Chaos Surrounds Some N.C. Medical Workers Trying To Help Hurricane Victims.

"Chaos Surrounds Some N.C. Medical Workers Trying To Help Hurricane Victims

POSTED: 8:14 pm EDT September 4, 2005

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Count some North Carolina medical workers among those who are tangled in red tape as they try to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Doctors and paramedics from the state tried to take a state-of-the-art mobile hospital to the stricken area.

The facility has beds for 113 patients and was developed with millions of tax dollars from the federal government after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

List for Connecting with Storm Victims

The following are sites where one can send messages requesting contact from ones who might have information about persons you've not heard from following Hurricane Katrina. You can also see messages posted by those who  survived the story and its aftermath.

MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/apps/connect/search.aspx

CNN
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/hurricanes/list/

RED CROSS
http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/katrina/locate

NOLA.COM
http://www.nola.com/
(See HELP CENTER on Front Page)

-Perry Miller, Editor

Email: Perry Miller, Editor