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A Portrait of Older Homeless Men: Identifying Hopelessness and Adaptation
Authors:David E Vance
Institution:Miami University, 701 Park Avenue South, Oxford, Ohio, , 45056
Abstract:Using participant observation as a homeless shelter volunteer and through face-to-face long interviews with four homeless elders (50+) and six service providers throughout the Greater Cincinnati Metropolitan area, data revealed unique coping strategies and patterns of service use of older homeless people. A state of hopelessness characterized many older homeless people who adapted and functioned in their culture of poverty. Sources of hopelessness were identified. Unique adaptations were noted for certain individuals who either learned to use the services opportunities provided or learned to exploit/abuse the service network. This group of people have found a social niche in which they can function and meet basic survival needs.
Keywords:Chronic homelessness  Compassion  Individualist ideology  Public assistance  Undeserving poor
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