Invisible and Ill: three case reports of homelessness in older adults
Susan Benbow
(Wolverhampton City PCT, and Professor of Mental Health and Ageing, Staffordshire University)
Paul Cohen
(Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital)
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Abstract
We describe three homeless older people who presented to an old age psychiatry service. Homeless older adults are likely to have untreated mental and physical health problems and to be invisible to services. To detect and treat them, services need to be flexible.
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Citation
Benbow, S. and Cohen, P. (2006), "Invisible and Ill: three case reports of homelessness in older adults", The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 8 No. 3, pp. 12-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/14668203200600016
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited