FAMILIES IN CRISIS LEGAL AND SOCIAL DEFINITION: A family in crisis is a family suffering some kind of trauma. The trauma may be physical, emotional, social or financial, expected or unexpected, temporary or permanent. A family may be in crisis for many reasons; it may be due to a natural disaster, death of a family member, a family breakdown, drug or gambling problems, retrenchment, domestic violence or alcohol, mental health issues or chronic illness. Often …showed first 75 words of 2115 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2115 total…SES that consist of community members, many of whom are volunteers assisting people suffering form a natural disaster. Neighbours of families dealing with a crisis also often provide support in terms of generally being aware of the situation and being prepared to help out whenever necessary, for example there may be a signal between neighbours to alert them in a time of crisis so they can take action to try and avoid worst case scenarios.