Identifying and Addressing Housing Insecurity in Older Patients: Trends, Referrals, and Inequities in a California Medical System
We identified urgent unmet needs for housing intervention among older patients. Healthcare systems must do more to ensure older patients, especially racially minoritized older adults, are screened for housing insecurity and connected to housing services.
Authors
- Tanisha G. Hill‐Jarrett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6924-0702)
- Kendra D. Sims (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6740-3002)
- Silvia Miramontes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5805-0500)
- Nicolas Cevallos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1758-085X)
- Scott C. Zimmerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4431-6520)
- Yulin Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6662-1198)
- Minhyuk Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6658-5054)
- Shivani Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1417-6694)
- Gabriel L. Schwartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8299-1407)
- Ye Ji Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1583-1408)
- Ruijia Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2759-9290)
- Erin L. Ferguson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3136-0001)
- Min Hee Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0829-1968)
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University Memory and Aging Center (US)
- Global Brain Health Institute (US)
- Drexel University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Gerontologist
- Published
- 2025-04-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaf027
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.45
Funders
- National Institutes of Health