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| The achievements of a multiservice project for older homeless people | | Author(s) | Anthony M Warnes, Maureen A Crane |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 40, no 5, October 2000 |
| Pages | pp 618-626 |
| Keywords | Homelessness ; Hostels ; Services ; Projects ; London. |
| Annotation | Ways in which older homeless people can be helped to return to more conventional accommodation and lives are assessed. The study draws on the experiences of a short-term multi-service project in London and the work of its outreach team in providing 24-hour open access rooms, and residential, assessment and resettlement services. The article reviews the needs and problems of older homeless people and recent policy and service developments in the UK, the US and Australia. Two of the project's outcomes are examined: whether users returned to the streets; and whether they were resettled in long-term housing. Those with alcohol dependency were most difficult to resettle. Logistic regression analysis of factors influencing the two outcomes indicate that the duration of residence at the centre was the predominant influence. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010130212 A |
| Classmark | K4A: KVA: I: 3E: 82L |
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