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Homelessness and aging
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<p>Homelessness and aging is a largely neglected topic in the literature. There is a widespread assumption that <a href="/facts/Aging/AxL4qCW4">aged</a> homeless people are rare, but this is not true. <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a>, <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a> and the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a> show increases in their populations of aging <a href="/facts/Homelessness/uqVV2c5R">homelessness</a>. Increased Elderly adults who straddle the <a href="/facts/Poverty_line/VdgLbwUk">poverty line</a> are at greater risk of falling into pathways of homelessness. When a <a href="/facts/Homelessness/uqVV2c5R">homeless person</a> enters their later years, or becomes homeless for the first time in older age, <a href="/facts/Homelessness/uqVV2c5R">health issues</a> can become difficult to address and compound as age progresses. </p>