Individuals experiencing homelessness include many older adults, often with compounding disabilities, who reside in large congregate facilities or in unsheltered locations with poor access to sanitation. Their age, poor health, disability, and living conditions make them highly vulnerable to illness. […]
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COVID-19 and Homelessness
Post will be updated as additional resources become available. Last updated April 1, 2020. General COVID-19 Info COVID-19 Cases in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Coronavirus Resource Center (Johns Hopkins University) Alliance Materials COVID-19 Webinar Series […]
New Research: Unsheltered Homelessness is a Health Crisis
Unsheltered individuals manage profound health challenges that broadly define them as a social group. This is the basic conclusion of a recent California Policy Lab (CPL) brief—Health Conditions Among Unsheltered Adults in the U.S. In the lead up to the […]
Want to Know Who Will Become Homeless? Ask a Doctor.
A pair of recent studies found that people are more likely to seek emergency healthcare services just prior to becoming homeless. Such findings invite service providers to reexamine their approaches to homelessness prevention and diversion. Homelessness and Medical Treatment Focusing […]
Building a Conversation: Aged Homelessness on the Rise
Researchers are sounding an alarm on a trend that’s been emerging for years: the homeless population is growing older, and the number of older homeless Americans is growing larger. This is a trend that providers, first responders, and medical professionals have been seeing for quite some […]