id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-016840-p3sq99yg Bales, Connie Watkins Minimizing the Impact of Complex Emergencies on Nutrition and Geriatric Health: Planning for Prevention is Key 2008-09-09 .txt text/plain 7275 321 49 Complex emergencies (CEs) can occur anywhere and are defined as crisis situations that greatly elevate the risk to nutrition and overall health (morbidity and mortality) of older individuals in the affected area. The major underlying threats to nutritional status for older adults during CEs are food insecurity, inadequate social support, and lack of access to health services. Any of a number of crisis situations that greatly elevate the health risk of individuals in the affected area; examples are natural disasters like floods and earthquakes; urban health emergencies like fires, epidemics, and blackouts; and terrorist acts like massive bombings or poisonings of food or water supplies. Examples include natural disasters like floods and earthquakes, urban health emergencies like fires, epidemics and blackouts, and terrorist acts like massive bombings or poisonings of food or water supplies (see Table 29 .2). ./cache/cord-016840-p3sq99yg.txt ./txt/cord-016840-p3sq99yg.txt