As housing insecurity accelerates health decline and drives premature entry into aged care, the crisis is exposing critical gaps between housing, ageing policy and the aged care system.
Australia’s homelessness conversation has long focused on younger people and families, but a growing and deeply troubling reality is being overlooked: older women are now one of the fastest growing groups experiencing homelessness.
For the aged care and ageing sectors, this is not a peripheral issue – it sits squarely at the intersection of housing, health, income security and dignity in later life.