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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

So we did a podcast on aging and homelessness with Margot Kushel in 2023. You know, we found that 64% of the people we cared for never went to the hospital or ER. It might have to do with a sensitivity around mental health. Naheed 00:31 Thanks so much for having me here. Really looking forward to the conversation.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

When they think about homelessness, their mind goes to what I would call the individual risk factors, things like having a substance use disability or mental health disability. In the United States in 2023, the truth of the matter is you don’t need very many individual risk factors to become homeless.