When Older Americans Month was established in 1963, only 17 million living Americans had reached their 65th birthday. A meeting in April 1963 between President John F. Kennedy and members of the National Council of Senior Citizens led to designating […]
Category: Older Adults
New Approaches Offer Hope for Solving Older Adult Homelessness
Headlines keep coming nonstop, sounding the alarm about our nation’s homelessness crisis. It’s hard not to be discouraged seeing the increasing numbers of unhoused people living in their cars, in parks, or on our streets. It seems as quickly as […]
Are Emergency Shelters Slowly Becoming De Facto Long-Term Care Facilities? Responding to the Unique Needs of Older Adults
For some time, the number of older people experiencing homelessness has been trending upwards. While there currently is not definitive national information on the number of older adults who are unhoused, staff at emergency shelters are seeing more older adults showing up at […]
Language Matters: Recognizing Black History Month
A Brief Overview of Black History Month During his studies, Carter G. Woodson recognized the dearth of information on Black Americans in the nation’s history. So, he founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (now called […]
New Report Examines Older Adult Exits from Homelessness
The Alliance’s latest report, Connecting Older Adults to Housing: Examining Disparities analyzes the different ways in which older adults exit homelessness by race, ethnicity, gender, age, and shelter status. Based on 2018 data from the Vulnerability Index Service Prioritization Decision […]