Victoria

The implications of loss of a partner for older private renters
The project aims to examine the effects of divorce, separation or bereavement on the housing & related financial circumstances of people aged 50+ in different housing tenures, in particular, those on income support programmes.
Gavin Wood, Chris Chamberlain, Alperhon Babacan, Michael Dockery, Grant Cullen, Greg Costello, Andi Nygaard, Alice Stoakes, Mark Adam, Kate Maloney
2008
Themes:
Private Rental, Single people & housing stress

Causes of homelessness among older people in Melbourne, Australia
A comparative study of the causes of new episodes of homelessness among people aged 50 years and over has been undertaken in Australia, the United States and England.
Alice Rota-Bartelink, Bryan Lipmann
2007
Themes:
Pathways into homelessness, Ageing Population

Homelessness and Older Women in Australia
This report investigates the leading causes of homelessness among women, particularly those forty five and over. It examines the pathways in to and out of homelessness for older women and a large amount of documentation on this issue.
Claire Birchall
2006
Themes:
Older Women, Pathways into homelessness, Policy, Elder Abuse, Poverty & homelessness, Public Housing, Health

Background Paper. Older women experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. Melbourne.
This Background Paper provides a summary of the research evidence, service provider experiences and feedback, current Australian statistics, and current Australian services. The aim of this paper is to provide an introduction to the diverse experiences and needs of older women who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness.
-2018
Themes:
Older Women

Elderly Homeless Men and Women: Aged Care's Forgotten People
Abstract In spite of Australia having an aged-care system that provides a wide range of residential and community-based, aged-care services to elderly men and women, which are appropriately monitored and audited, homeless people have historically found it difficult or impossible to access those services.
Bryan Lipmann
Themes:
Aged Care, Age Specific Housing, Policy, Older Men, Older Women, Social Housing

Dementia and Homelessness: Report to the Victoria and Tasmania Dementia Training Study Centre
The very nature of homelessness means a lack of access to many of the supports most people take for granted. Older people can often be excluded from support services because of fierce independence and a reluctance to push their ‘rights’; they become invisible. People who are homeless do not come to the attention of aged care services and to some extent, remain invisible.
National Ageing Research Institute
Themes:
Dementia

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