The article examines the types of social services provided to homeless persons in accordance with Law Ukraine "On Social Services". On basis analysis legislative norms and scientific developments, need apply a comprehensive approach functioning system providing is substantiated, taking into account state standards, which determine procedure for appropriate who find themselves difficult life cir...

Considerable problems have been encountered In providing care to homeless people with mental health problems (Health Advisory Service, 1995). In many instances mainstream services have failed to adapt to meet the needs of people who are often not registered with a GP and who regularly move between catchment areas. In districts with high levels of homelessness, specialist community teams have be...

In this article, I describe efforts to manage the capacity of homeless shelter programs in Philadelphia and assess the impact of those efforts on providers and consumers of homeless services. Most reforms have focused on reducing the capacity of the shelter system by reducing the average length of stay of persons in shelter and by providing housing relocation assistance. However, these reforms ...

Using the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI; P. G. Zimbardo & J. N. Boyd, 1999), the authors found that homeless people, in comparison with a control group, had a significantly more negative outlook concerning their past and present as evinced by high Past–Negative and Present–Fatalistic scores and low Past–Positive scores on the ZTPI. However, the homeless individuals were almost indis...

Chronic homelessness is a red flag symptom, marking a significantly increased risk of ill-health and premature death. For too long the NHS has dismissed homelessness as simply an issue of housing and social care, but there is a growing body of evidence that long-term homelessness is fundamentally an issue of health. A recent study of homeless patients (including hostel-dwellers) admitted to hos...

BACKGROUND Homeless people have higher morbidity and mortality rates than the general population. Research has shown that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in older homeless adults. This study was undertaken to describe the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the homeless population in Prague. METHODS Data was obtained from a cross-sectional study carried out in 20...

Editorial H omelessness is about more than rooflessness. A home is not just a physical space: it provides roots, identity, security, a sense of belonging and a place of emotional wellbeing. " So says the United Kingdom charity Crisis [1]. This Editorial's title comes from another charity, Shelter [2], which breaks down the causes of homelessness into individual factors such as drug and alcohol ...