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Continued Homelessness and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults
JAMA Network Open
August 15, 2024
Depression is common in adults experiencing homelessness. In this cohort study, researchers examined the association between residential status and depressive symptoms in adults 50 years or older expe...
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Continued Homelessness and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults
JAMA Network Open
August 15, 2024
Depression is common in adults experiencing homelessness. In this cohort study, researchers examined the association between residential status and depressive symptoms in adults 50 years or older experiencing homelessness. Researchers found that continued homelessness was associated independently with increased odds of depressive symptoms.
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Thousands of Senior Citizens Are Dying Homeless in Los Angeles, Records Reveal
The Guardian
August 8, 2024
More than 3,000 of the 11,500 people who died while unhoused in Los Angeles County between 2014 and 2023 were 60 and older. This crisis has grown over time. In a groundbreaking study on homelessness i...
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Tents in downtown Los Angeles
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Thousands of Senior Citizens Are Dying Homeless in Los Angeles, Records Reveal
The Guardian
August 8, 2024
More than 3,000 of the 11,500 people who died while unhoused in Los Angeles County between 2014 and 2023 were 60 and older. This crisis has grown over time. In a groundbreaking study on homelessness in California by Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative researchers found that nearly half of unhoused adults were age 50 and older. Margot Kushel, MD, director of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, said, "They talk about how ashamed and stigmatized they feel – they know the public thinks they’re bad because they’re outside. And they just feel incredibly alone in the world."
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Many Older Adults ‘Will Die Homeless,’ As Home Prices Surge and Safety Nets Fail
MarketWatch
June 11, 2024
People over age 50 are the fastest-growing segment of people experiencing homelessness and makeup almost half of the total homeless population. These unhoused individuals typically have the health of ...
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Many Older Adults ‘Will Die Homeless,’ As Home Prices Surge and Safety Nets Fail
MarketWatch
June 11, 2024
People over age 50 are the fastest-growing segment of people experiencing homelessness and makeup almost half of the total homeless population. These unhoused individuals typically have the health of someone 20 years older in the general population. DeDe Hancock, a CASPEH Lived Expertise Advisory Board member, discusses her own experience with becoming homeless when she was 52 years old, and Margot Kushel, MD, director of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, outlines the health impacts of older adult homelessness. Ms. Hancock said, "I was going from shelter to shelter. Over seven years, I was out on the street for maybe five days - otherwise, I was in a shelter."
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For an Older Homeless Population, a New Type of Care
New York Times
June 10, 2024
The aging of the homeless population is a stark demographic shift. Margot Kushel, MD, director of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, found that unhoused people have the health profi...
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For an Older Homeless Population, a New Type of Care
New York Times
June 10, 2024
The aging of the homeless population is a stark demographic shift. Margot Kushel, MD, director of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, found that unhoused people have the health profiles of patients two decades older, with similar rates of incontinence, dementia, and falls. Respite care, a temporary, short-term, 24-hour supervised care for seniors, is rapidly growing for people experiencing homelessness, reflecting the aging of the unhoused population.
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