Older Adults
Older adults comprise a growing proportion of the homeless population, and indeed homelessness causes premature aging. The health care and homeless services systems are bracing for older adults’ more complex needs. Read more below about recent research and strategies for serving the elderly.
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| Elevating Care Through Strategic Partnerships | Developing a Medical Respite Program, Discharge Planning, Healthcare and Homelessness Partnerships, Medical Respite, Older Adults, Quality and Program Improvement in Medical Respite | Council Resources, Fact Sheet | September 29, 2026 | developing-a-medical-respite-program discharge-planning healthcare-and-homelessness-partnerships medical-respite older-adults quality-and-program-improvement-in-medical-respite best-practices homeless-services clinical-practice policy-and-advocacy special-populations | council-resources fact-sheet |
| Best Practices: Provider Recommendations | Developing a Medical Respite Program, Discharge Planning, Healthcare and Homelessness Partnerships, Medical Respite, Older Adults, Quality and Program Improvement in Medical Respite | Council Resources, Tip Sheet | September 29, 2026 | developing-a-medical-respite-program discharge-planning healthcare-and-homelessness-partnerships medical-respite older-adults quality-and-program-improvement-in-medical-respite best-practices homeless-services clinical-practice policy-and-advocacy special-populations | council-resources tip-sheet |
| Hospital, Skilled Nursing Facility, and Medical Respite Care Partnership: Coordinated Transition Workflow | Developing a Medical Respite Program, Discharge Planning, Healthcare and Homelessness Partnerships, Medical Respite, Older Adults, Quality and Program Improvement in Medical Respite | Council Resources, Guide | September 29, 2026 | developing-a-medical-respite-program discharge-planning healthcare-and-homelessness-partnerships medical-respite older-adults quality-and-program-improvement-in-medical-respite best-practices homeless-services clinical-practice policy-and-advocacy special-populations | council-resources guide |
| Launching Coordinated Care Partnerships | Developing a Medical Respite Program, Discharge Planning, Healthcare and Homelessness Partnerships, Medical Respite, Older Adults, Quality and Program Improvement in Medical Respite | Council Resources, Guide | September 29, 2026 | developing-a-medical-respite-program discharge-planning healthcare-and-homelessness-partnerships medical-respite older-adults quality-and-program-improvement-in-medical-respite best-practices homeless-services clinical-practice policy-and-advocacy special-populations | council-resources guide |
| Models of Partnership: Using Community Collaboration through Skilled Nursing Facilities to Increase Access to Medical Respite Care (Executive Summary) | Developing a Medical Respite Program, Discharge Planning, Healthcare and Homelessness Partnerships, Medical Respite, Medical Respite Care Research, Older Adults, Quality and Program Improvement in Medical Respite | Council Resources, Report | September 29, 2026 | developing-a-medical-respite-program discharge-planning healthcare-and-homelessness-partnerships medical-respite medical-respite-care-research older-adults quality-and-program-improvement-in-medical-respite best-practices homeless-services clinical-practice policy-and-advocacy special-populations | council-resources report |
| Using Community Collaboration to Increase Access to Skilled Nursing Facilities and Medical Respite Care | Developing a Medical Respite Program, Discharge Planning, Healthcare and Homelessness Partnerships, Medical Respite, Older Adults, Quality and Program Improvement in Medical Respite | Council Resources, Resource Collection | September 29, 2026 | developing-a-medical-respite-program discharge-planning healthcare-and-homelessness-partnerships medical-respite older-adults quality-and-program-improvement-in-medical-respite best-practices homeless-services clinical-practice policy-and-advocacy special-populations | council-resources resource-collection |
| Dementia Screening in Community Health Centers | Clinical Guidelines, Clinical Practice, Cognitive Impairments, Conditions and Issues, Older Adults, Special Populations | Guide | May 20, 2026 | clinical-guidelines clinical-practice cognitive-impairments conditions-and-issues older-adults special-populations homeless-services | guide |
| Dementia Screening in Community Health Centers | Assessment and Intake, Best Practices, Clinical Practice, Cognitive Impairments, Conditions and Issues, Homeless Services, Medical Respite, Older Adults, Quality and Program Improvement in Medical Respite, Special Populations | Webinar | October 8, 2025 | assessment-and-intake best-practices clinical-practice cognitive-impairments conditions-and-issues homeless-services medical-respite older-adults quality-and-program-improvement-in-medical-respite special-populations | webinar |
| Healing Hands: Supporting Older People with Experiences of Homelessness in the United States | Clinical Practice, Healing Hands Newsletter, Older Adults, Special Populations | Newsletter, publication | June 4, 2025 | clinical-practice healing-hands-newsletter older-adults special-populations homeless-services | newsletter publication |
| Addressing the Needs of Older Adults in Medical Respite Care: Part 2 | Homeless Services, Medical Respite, Older Adults, Quality and Program Improvement in Medical Respite, Special Populations, Tools for Medical Respite Providers | Online Course | April 24, 2025 | homeless-services medical-respite older-adults quality-and-program-improvement-in-medical-respite special-populations tools-for-medical-respite-providers clinical-practice | online-course |
| Addressing the Needs of Older Adults in Medical Respite Care: Part 1 | Homeless Services, Medical Respite, Older Adults, Quality and Program Improvement in Medical Respite, Special Populations, Tools for Medical Respite Providers | Online Course | April 24, 2025 | homeless-services medical-respite older-adults quality-and-program-improvement-in-medical-respite special-populations tools-for-medical-respite-providers clinical-practice | online-course |
| Falls Screening in Medical Respite Care | Clinical Guidelines, Medical Respite, Older Adults, Quality and Program Improvement in Medical Respite, Tools for Medical Respite Providers | Guide | August 1, 2023 | clinical-guidelines medical-respite older-adults quality-and-program-improvement-in-medical-respite tools-for-medical-respite-providers clinical-practice special-populations homeless-services | guide |
| Clinical Guidelines for Medical Respite Care: Dementia | Clinical Guidelines, Cognitive Impairments, Medical Respite, Older Adults, Tools for Medical Respite Providers | Clinical Guidelines | March 1, 2023 | clinical-guidelines cognitive-impairments medical-respite older-adults tools-for-medical-respite-providers clinical-practice conditions-and-issues special-populations homeless-services | clinical-guidelines |
| 2019 National Conference on Ending Homelessness presentations: Research on the Aging Homeless Population – It is the Future | Clinical Practice, Homeless Services, Older Adults, Special Populations | Additional Resources | August 1, 2019 | clinical-practice homeless-services older-adults special-populations | additional-resources |
| Clinicians’ Coffee Chat: Aging and Homelessness | Clinical Practice, Homeless Services, Older Adults, Special Populations, Street Medicine, Street Outreach | Webinar | June 25, 2019 | clinical-practice homeless-services older-adults special-populations street-medicine street-outreach | webinar |
| National Alliance to End Homelessness blog | Clinical Practice, Homeless Services, Older Adults, Special Populations | Additional Resources | May 15, 2019 | clinical-practice homeless-services older-adults special-populations | additional-resources |
| The Emerging Crisis of Aged Homelessness | Clinical Practice, Homeless Services, Older Adults, Special Populations | Additional Resources, Broken Link | May 15, 2019 | clinical-practice homeless-services older-adults special-populations | additional-resources broken-link |
| Recommendations for End-of-Life Care for People Experiencing Homelessness | Clinical Practice, Homeless Services, Older Adults, Special Populations | Clinical Guidelines, NHCHC Resources | January 1, 2018 | clinical-practice homeless-services older-adults special-populations | clinical-guidelines nhchc-resources |
| Health & Housing Partnerships for Older Adults: Aging in Place in Supportive Housing | Clinical Practice, Homeless Services, Older Adults, Special Populations | NHCHC Resources | November 1, 2017 | clinical-practice homeless-services older-adults special-populations | nhchc-resources |
| How to Prevent Homelessness Among Older Adults | Clinical Practice, Homeless Services, Older Adults, Special Populations | Additional Resources | April 1, 2016 | clinical-practice homeless-services older-adults special-populations | additional-resources |
| Meeting the Housing and Care Needs of Older Homeless Adults: A Permanent Supportive Housing Program Targeting Homeless Elders | Clinical Practice, Homeless Services, Older Adults, Special Populations | Additional Resources | April 9, 2014 | clinical-practice homeless-services older-adults special-populations | additional-resources |
| In Focus: Aging and Housing Instability | Clinical Practice, Homeless Services, Older Adults, Special Populations | Newsletter, NHCHC Resources | September 1, 2013 | clinical-practice homeless-services older-adults special-populations | newsletter nhchc-resources |