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Author(s): Theora Cimino, Michael A. Steinman, Susan L. Mitchell, Miao, Caroline E. Barnhart, Rebecca T. Brown
Publication Date: 2015
Over the past 25 years, the proportion of the homeless population 50 years of age and older has increased rapidly, from 11% in 19901 to nearly 50% today.2 Older homeless adults experience early onset of age-related conditions relative to the general population, including difficulty performing basic self-care activities that are considered essential for independence, such as bathing and dressing.3 Such difficulty, or “functional impairment,” occur...