Those working to find housing for older people say the situation is dire. They say there is a problem for older women in particular because they often can’t work or haven’t ever worked. In the most ...

SAN ANTONIO – The number of elderly people experiencing homelessness is rising, which is why Haven for Hope created an entire program for that age group. The Young at Heart program was officially ...

Homelessness in America has been steadily ticking up in recent years. In 2024, the United States saw an 18% increase in the homeless population from the year before — and those providing essential ...

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 ...

Sacramento is proposing to charge homeless seniors for beds in temporary shelter villages and even sanctioned outdoor camps.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Police say 55-year-old William Miller systematically beat and abused the elderly brother and sister inside their home on the 3900 block of North Percy Street. The ...

SPRINGFIELD — More and more, Center for Human Development homeless outreach workers in the state’s western four counties are seeing an uptick in older homeless adults. That’s according to Will Dávila, ...

More than one in four homeless people in Oregon are over the age of 55. As the state’s population gets older, many seniors rely on a fragile social safety net. Susan Gallagher poses for a portrait in ...

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 other, nursing them until their ...