Collaborative papers on appropriate services for older care leavers experiencing or at risk of homelessness

At the 51st AAG Conference in Melbourne, 2018, participants in a workshop explored the needs of older care leavers experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Participants in the workshop discussed the past experiences of people who spent all or part of their childhoods in institutions and out-of-home ‘care’, the way in which this affects their feelings about aged care, and the need for those who work with them to take this into account.

The workshop was hosted by AAG in conjunction with the Alliance for Forgotten Australians and Open Place, the Healing Foundation, the Housing for the Aged Action Group and Wintringham.