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Homelessness among older people and service responses
Author(s)	Maureen Crane, Anthony M Warnes
Journal title	Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, vol 20, no 4, November 2010
Pages	pp 354-363
Source	DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959259810000225
Keywords	Homelessness ; Ill health ; Services ; Usage [services] ; Literature reviews.
Annotation	This paper reviews the limited evidence on the causes of homelessness in old age and on the circumstances and problems of older homeless people; it describes the few services dedicated to the group. Health care and social care professionals rarely encounter homelessness among the many problems of older people that present to them; but in many developed countries there is evidence that the number of older homeless people has recently been growing. Some among them have been homeless intermittently or continuously for years, but many became homeless for the first time in later life. The reasons for becoming homeless and the problems and needs of the group are exceptionally diverse. Many have been estranged from their family or have no living relatives, and they have a high prevalence of health problems and functional limitations. Although services for homeless people in general have improved since the early 1990s, few have targeted the needs of older people. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-170217001 A
Classmark	K4A: CH: I: QLD: 64A *
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