Working with Low-Income and Homeless Older Adults

Nancy Hooyman, PhD

Hooyman Endowed Professor in Gerontology
Dean Emeritus
School of Social Work
University of Washington

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 Learning Objectives

 

By the end of this lecture, you should be able to:

  • Identify rates of homelessness, hunger and poverty among vulnerable older adults.
  • Describe the types of needs faced by homeless older adults.
  • Suggest practice, programmatic and policy interventions for working effectively with homeless elders.

[From the Winter 2016 Geriatric Healthcare Lecture Series]