Growing Old Without a Home—A Call to Action
In the article, "Persistence of a birth cohort effect in the US among the adult homeless population" Byrne et al 1 describe a spike in the age of single adults experiencing homelessness.This spike has aged over the decades, peaking at age 34 to 36 years in 1990, age 40 to 42 years in 2000, age 49 to 51 years in 2010 and, as reported in this study, age 55 to 57 years in 2020.The authors appropriately
Authors
- Thomas O’Toole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9830-4229)
Institutions
- Providence College (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Veterans Health Administration (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2024-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.52178
- Primary Topic
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00