With the increasing prevalence of homelessness among older adults, particularly individuals born in the second half of the Baby Boom generation (Culhane et al., 2013, 2019), research is needed to help guide policy solutions and identify evidence-based clinical interventions.
This special issue of The Gerontologist includes papers related to homelessness and aging across a broad range of topics, given that late-life homelessness includes a number of unsafe and unstable situations for persons aged 50 years and older (Brown et al., 2016), including individuals and families who lack or will imminently lose a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence as well as older people fleeing or who are attempting to flee violence (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2011).