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Older persons among most vulnerable to environmental changes

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LAST Friday’s gripping image on the front page of the Jamaica Observer of 79-year-old Hazel McLean, looking on in despair as she stands in front of what was left of her house by Hurricane Sandy, puts in context the added challenges posed by natural disasters on the island’s older people — one of society’s most vulnerable groups.

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