How housing instability complicates end-of-life take care of growing old unhoused populations
04/10/25 at 02:15 AM
How housing instability complicates end-of-life take care of growing old unhoused populations
Health Medicine Network; by Pilar Ingle; 4/8/25
Research estimates that one-third or more of the unhoused inhabitants within the U.S. is age 50 or older. Unhoused individuals of all ages face high rates of ... severe sickness. They additionally die at younger ages in contrast with people who find themselves not unhoused. Yet, there are few choices for palliative and end-of-life care for unhoused individuals. ... As a health care and aging researcher, ... I interviewed 17 well being care and social service suppliers in Colorado to grasp how they attempt to deal with palliative and end-of-life wants for his or her unhoused shoppers.
- Homelessness and end-of-life care ...
- Lack of assets ...
- A humanizing strategy ...
- Solutions ...
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