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- Title
Health Outcomes of Obtaining Housing Among Older Homeless Adults.
- Authors
Brown, Rebecca T.; Yinghui Miao; Mitchell, Susan L.; Bharel, Monica; Patel, Mitkumar; Ard, Kevin L.; Grande, Laura J.; Blazey-Martin, Deborah; Floru, Daniella; Steinman, Michael A.
- Abstract
Objectives. We determined the impact of obtaining housing on geriatric conditions and acute care utilization among older homeless adults. Methods. We conducted a 12-month prospective cohort study of 250 older homeless adults recruited from shelters in Boston, Massachusetts, between January and June 2010. We determined housing status at follow-up, determined number of emergency department visits and hospitalizations over 12 months, and examined 4 measures of geriatric conditions at baseline and 12 months. Using multivariable regression models, we evaluated the association between obtaining housing and our outcomes of interest. Results. At 12-month follow-up, 41% of participants had obtained housing. Compared with participants who remained homeless, those with housing had fewer depressive symptoms. Other measures of health status did not differ by housing status. Participants who obtained housing had a lower rate of acute care use, with an adjusted annualized rate of acute care visits of 2.5 per year among participants who obtained housing and 5.3 per year among participants who remained homeless. Conclusions. Older homeless adults who obtained housing experienced improved depressive symptoms and reduced acute care utilization compared with those who remained homeless. Health.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MASSACHUSETTS; SENIOR housing; HOUSING for homeless people; GERIATRIC psychology; DEPRESSION in old age; MEDICAL care; SERVICES for homeless people; MENTAL illness risk factors; CHI-squared test; FISHER exact test; HOMELESS persons; LONGITUDINAL method; MULTIVARIATE analysis; POISSON distribution; PUBLIC housing; REGRESSION analysis; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis; TREATMENT effectiveness; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2015, Vol 105, Issue 7, p1482
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2014.302539