Public HealthGeriatric MedicineHuman DevelopmentGerontologyHomelessnessCauses Of HomelessnessChronic HomelessnessHomelessness Among Older AdultsHomelessness PreventionPathways Into HomelessnessRisk Factors For HomelessnessHomelessness In Later LifeHomelessness Risk AssessmentOlder Adult Chronic HomelessnessPathways Out Of Homelessness
Aging homeless persons have been largely neglected in the gerontological and homeless literature. This article presents an overview of homelessness and aging within the context of a testable, provisional model for explaining homelessness in this population. The author proposes 16 individual and 5 structural and programmatic variables that contribute to the etiology and sustenance of homelessness among aging persons.
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