Old and Homeless -- Double-Jeopardy: An Overview of Current Practice and Policies

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The growing number of homeless people over age 50 has reached epidemic proportions. It is important to recognize that this group has special needs and demands from health factors to safety. This book is a resource for professionals training and working with this homeless contingent.

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"This book includes an excellent review of the literature pertaining to older homeless individuals and suggests viable solutions to many of the problems presented."-Sue V. Saxon, Ph.D. Professor of Gerontology University of South Florida
.,."a useful reference for students engaged in aging studies. It is a welcome addition to the literature on an underinvestigated area of growing importance."-Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
...a useful reference for students engaged in aging studies. It is a welcome addition to the literature on an underinvestigated area of growing importance.-Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
This book will be very useful to students, faculty, practitioners and researchers. It should be used to inform readers about this growing problem of double jeopardy which faces a segment of the population of older adults. Trainers in social service agencies can use this material to instruct those who work with homeless populations about the specific factors which affect older adults who are homeless...a welcome addition to the field of gerontology because it blends the literature on homelessness with gerontology and offers the reader in depth understanding of the homeless older adult.-Clinical Gerontologist
..."a useful reference for students engaged in aging studies. It is a welcome addition to the literature on an underinvestigated area of growing importance."-Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
"This book will be very useful to students, faculty, practitioners and researchers. It should be used to inform readers about this growing problem of double jeopardy which faces a segment of the population of older adults. Trainers in social service agencies can use this material to instruct those who work with homeless populations about the specific factors which affect older adults who are homeless...a welcome addition to the field of gerontology because it blends the literature on homelessness with gerontology and offers the reader in depth understanding of the homeless older adult."-Clinical Gerontologist

Author Bio

DIANE WIATT RICH is assistant chair and director of Education and Training in the Department of Aging and Mental Health at the Florida Mental Health Institute of the University of South Florida. THOMAS A. RICH is Professor of Sociology and Gerontology and director of the Gerontology program at the West Georgia College. LARRY C. MULLINS is Professor and head of the Department of Sociology at Auburn University at Montgomery.