Amid growing 'scandal' of elder homelessness, health care groups aim to help

Amid growing 'scandal' of elder homelessness, health care groups aim to help

The housing crisis is requiring creative scrambling and new partnerships from health care organizations to keep older patients out of expensive nursing homes as homelessness grows.(Image credit: Felice J. Freyer for KFF Health News)

Amid growing ‘scandal’ of elder homelessness, health care groups aim to help – DG Verifications & Stats

Roberta Rabinovitz, right, had cancer and had been living with her grandson, sleeping on his couch. With her is Rachel Nassif, day center director at the PACE Organization of Rhode Island in East Providence. Felice J. Freyer for KFF Health News Felice J. Freyer for KFF Health News BRISTOL, R.I. — At age 82, Roberta Rabinovitz realized she had no place to go. A widow, she had lost both her daughters to cancer, after living with one and then the o…

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