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Shelter Partnership Homeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
www.shelterpartnership.org
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Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Goals:
• Assess needs
• Identify barriers
• Produce action plan
Overview
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Product: A Strategic Plan to House Homeless Older Adults in Los Angeles
• Guides policy• Informs stakeholders• Stimulates development
Overview
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Advisory Committee:
• Developers• Service providers• Professors• Government stakeholders• Formerly homeless older adults
Overview
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
• Best practices
• Literature
• Los Angeles data
Interview:
• Special needs developers
• Senior housing developers
• Government stakeholders
• Homeless older adults
Review:
Overview
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Best Practices
Mission Creek, San Francisco Mercy Housingmercyhousing.org
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Best Practices
Plaza Hotel, San Francisco Community Development Corporation
www.sfgov.org/site/moh
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Best Practices
Potiker Family Senior Residence Senior Community Centers, San Diego
servingseniors.org
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Best Practices
Euclid House, New York City West Side Federation for Senior
and Supportive Housingwww.wsfssh.org
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Best Practices
Euclid House, New York City West Side Federation for Senior
and Supportive Housing
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Woodstock Hotel, New York CityProject FINDprojectfind.org
Best Practices
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
• Population • Physical health• Mental health• Substance use• Gender • Age• Model solutions
Literature Review
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Population:
• Large aging cohort• Boomers• Many risk factors• Population will double
Literature Review
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Physical Health:
• Chronic health issues • Physical health of those 15 years older• Exacerbated by homelessness• Interrelated• Emergency rooms as primary care• Survivor effect
Literature Review
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Mental Health:
• Far greater proportions than those
housed • 33% clinically depressed• Discharge often leads to homelessness
Literature Review
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Literature Review
Substance Use:
• Over 50% with chronic alcohol problems• Drug use higher as those who started using
in 1960 reach old age• Adept at concealing
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Gender:
• Female:male ratio 30:70• Women 1st homeless late in life • Women have more thought disturbances
& less depression• Women drink less• Women fear shelters more
Literature Review
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Age:
• More likely to abuse alcohol• Stay in shelters longer• Take longer to move to permanent housing
Literature Review
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Literature Review
Model Solutions:
• Affordable housing with services• HEARTH (most often cited)
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan will include data from:
• LA Homeless Services Authority• LA County welfare agency• LA County Department of Mental Health• New Image Shelter
Los Angeles Data
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
• Largest Year-Round Shelter in Los Angeles County• Open from evening to morning• Two meals per day• Some services
New Image Shelter1500 clients 50 years and older
Los Angeles Data
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
• Age• Income
• Gender
• Disability
Los Angeles Data
New Image Shelter Client Self-Reported
• Education
• Duration homeless
• Reason Homeless
• Veterans
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
• Age• Income
• Gender
• Disability
Los Angeles Data
New Image Shelter Client Self-Reported
• Education
• Duration homeless
• Reason Homeless
• Veterans
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
• Mean age 57 (Same for men and women)
• Median age 55 (Same for men and women)
• Youngest age 50• Oldest age 91
Los Angeles Data
New Image Shelter1500 clients 50 years and older
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Los Angeles Data
New Image Shelter
Time Homeless New Image50 years and older
1 day -
1 month34%
1 month -
6 months21%
7 months -
12 months7%
More than
12 months31%
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Los Angeles Data
New Image Shelter & Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA)
Time Homeless New Image LAHSA50 years and older All homeless
1 day -
1 month34% 10%
1 month -
6 months21% 28%
7 months -
12 months7% 10%
More than
12 months31% 15%
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Los Angeles Data
New Image Shelter1500 clients 50 years and older
None 33
SSI 18
Social Security 13
SSDI 6
SDI 1
County General Relief ($221) 18
Work 4
VA Pension 3
Other Pension 1
TANF/AFDC <1
Unemployment <1
Private Disability <1
Other 3
Percentages: Income Source at Entry
One third have income from Social Security, SSI, or disability insurance
Some clients have multiple sources
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
• Mean income $ 660• Median income $ 715• 51% 62+ get Social Security or SSI
Los Angeles Data
New Image Shelter: clients 50 years and older reporting income
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Los Angeles Data
New Image Shelter clients 50 years and older reporting a disability
• Physical disability 62%• Mental disability 27%• Both disabilities 11%
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Respondents
Respondent Type
Number of
RespondentsNumber of
UnitsNumber of Units
for Older Adults
Special Needs
Developer10 18,000
Senior Housing
Developer7 10,800 10,800
Developers’ Observations
2. No developer or housing provider targeted homeless older adults.
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Developers’ Observations
1. The number one barrier to creating permanent housing for homeless older adults is funding.
3. After an acclimation period of 6 months, previous homeless status was not a major distinguishing difference among tenants.
4. The common problems hampering successful long-term tenancies are:
Hoarding
Clutter
Anti-social behavior
Need for health services
Isolation
Denial
Inability to live alone
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Developers’ Observations
5. Regulations do not allow for tenants aging-in-place to keep their units when they have long-term stays in hospitals or convalescent facilities.
6. Small units, both one bedrooms and SROs, are too small to accommodate live-in aides and wheelchair accessibility for tenants aging-in-place.
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Developers’ Observations
7. The most important tenant service is case management/social work/RSC
Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Developers’ Observations
8. Eligibility and Application updating processes prevented the homeless form securing housing.
Immediate response and change in policy:Menorah Housing Foundation
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Developers’ Observations
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Shelter PartnershipHomeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Homeless Older Adults Strategic Plan
Funded by
California Community Foundation
&Corporation for Supportive
Housing
Shelter Partnership
Los Angeles
For a copy of the Strategic Plan, to be released late 2007, email
Steve Renahan, Consultant
www.shelterpartnership.org