Homelessness among older adults reaching crisis proportions. Our study, #HOPEHOME has been examining this/warning about this for years. Surge in number of older homeless people catches L.A. officials off guard latimes.com/local/lanow/la…
44% of ppl 50+ who are homeless experienced homelessness 1st time after age 50. These folks have different needs then those homeless since early life, but all have significant suffering & need our compassion. 2/ journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…
And need effective solns. Need to tailor #permanentsupportivehousing to the needs of older adults & need effective age appropriate housing for those newly homeless. We need to focus on prevention as well--if we don't "close the front door" to homelessness, we won't solve it 3/
LTSS programs that pay for services to keep ppl out of nursing homes need to be adjusted to needs of ppl experiencing homelessness. We have found what article states: many ppl exp homelessness receiving or providing IHSS-type services, but can't get paid bc don't have a home 4/
That doesn't make sense--& will lead to ppl needing nursing homes, when they could live in the community. We need to rethink personal care for this pop & should be looking at programs like @sarah_szanton #CAPABLE program as models 5/
The suffering caused by failed housing policies is unfathomable--and falls heavily on older adults who are black--because of the effects of #racism. Letting older adults suffer (& die) homeless is unacceptable. It is costly in every sense--human & financial. 6/
#housingisthebestmedicine. We know what to do---let's do it. /end
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