The Lives of Homeless Older Adults: Please, Tell Them Who I Am

Bottomley, Jennifer M.; Bissonnette, Anna; Snekvik, Valerie C.

doi:10.1097/00013614-200106000-00007

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“…Interviewees often complained that food and clothing are items commonly offered, yet long-term housing options are seemingly non-existent. Previous research suggests that if long-term solutions are offered, individuals who are homeless will be more likely to accept services (Bottomley et al 2001;Gibeau 2001;Ng and McQuistion 2004;Tsemberis et al 2004). Ng and McQuistion (2004) suggest that not only is offering long-term solutions necessary, but presenting them in a timely manner, such as at first contact, is essential for enhanced engagement.…”

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Mistrust of Outreach Workers and Lack of Confidence in Available Services Among Individuals who are Chronically Street Homeless

Kryda¹,

Compton

2008

Community Ment Health J

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This qualitative study explored how individuals who are homeless perceive outreach practices and available services. Interviews were conducted with 24 people who had been homeless for >/=1 year and who consistently resided on the streets of west midtown, Manhattan, New York. Reasons why these individuals refuse services include a pervasive mistrust of outreach workers and the agencies that employ them, as well as a prominent lack of confidence in available services. The findings suggest a need for an approach to outreach that incorporates giving individualized attention from outreach workers, using an empathetic listening approach, minimizing stereotyping, providing greater choices, and employing formerly homeless people as outreach workers.

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Mistrust of Outreach Workers and Lack of Confidence in Available Services Among Individuals who are Chronically Street Homeless

Kryda¹,

Compton

2008

Community Ment Health J

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“…For example, Hallebone (1997) in Australia relies more on the structural factors when she cites the retrenchment of the welfare state, the shortage of government-subsidized rental housing, and the decline in affordable housing as the main causes of homelessness amongst the young and the old. These views are echoed by Bottomley, Bissonette, and Snekvik (2001) and Rosenheck et al (1999) in the United States, while Hecht and Coyle (2001) argue that access to affordable housing is the root cause of homelessness, especially for minorities. Deinstitutionalization of mental health patients and poverty are also seen to be major structural causative factors (Rosenheck et al, 1999;Tully & Jacobson, 1994).…”

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Living on the Margins

McDonald¹,

Dergal²,

Cleghorn³

2007

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

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A handful of scholars have acknowledged that, along side the traditional homeless, there are now older people who become homeless for the first time in old age. Few researchers, however, have systematically compared the recent older homeless with the chronic or traditional homeless. In the research presented here, we compare recent older homeless with long-term older homeless adults in Toronto according to their health and wealth, their housing history, and their use of health and social services. Findings indicate that people who become homeless for the first time at older ages have needs that are different from the lifetime elderly homeless and require different approaches to intervention.

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“…This perception is potentially damaging for older homeless people who become subsumed under these labels, leading them to feelings of depersonalization, status loss, and a challenged sense of personhood (Bottomley, Bissonnette, & Snekvik, 2001).…”

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“No Home, No Place”: Addressing the Complexity of Homelessness in Old Age Through Community Dialogue

Woolrych

Gibson²,

Sixsmith

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Journal of Housing For the Elderly

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The aging-in-place agenda supports the right of seniors to live in their preferred environment, as the place where they can retain a sense of independence and control in old age. This right is compromised for vulnerable seniors who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Causes of homelessness in old age are complex, and pathways into and out of homelessness are multifaceted, including financial insecurity, relationship breakdown, and addiction, compounded by barriers to accessing services, shrinking social support networks, and complex health challenges. Addressing the multidimensional nature of homelessness in old age requires holistic solutions that bring together the knowledge and expertise of multiple stakeholders, not least seniors themselves. With this aim, this paper reports on findings from multistakeholder community dialogue sessions conducted across Metro Vancouver with seniors' organizations, service providers, and local government to prioritize the challenges of senior homelessness in Metro Vancouver and propose strategies and solutions for addressing the issue. The paper highlights some of the ways in which services and housing supports can be designed to support older adults who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

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The Lives of Homeless Older Adults: Please, Tell Them Who I Am

Cited by 6 publications

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Mistrust of Outreach Workers and Lack of Confidence in Available Services Among Individuals who are Chronically Street Homeless

Mistrust of Outreach Workers and Lack of Confidence in Available Services Among Individuals who are Chronically Street Homeless

Living on the Margins

“No Home, No Place”: Addressing the Complexity of Homelessness in Old Age Through Community Dialogue

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