Mothers Who Experience Homelessness

Dries, Linda van den; Mayock, Paula; Gerull, Susanne; Loenen, Tessa van; Hulst, Bente van; Wolf, Judith

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“…Caring for children has been shown to be a protective factor for (recurrent) homelessness (Orwin, Scott, & Arieira, ; Wechsberg et al, ), and motherhood can give meaning to women's lives (van den Dries et al, ), but doing so homeless can also be a major source of stress (Milburn & D'Ercole, ; North & Smith, ). Because homeless mothers are mostly single, parenthood limits the opportunities homeless women have to obtain resources, develop their potential and capacities and participate in society (van den Dries et al, ). They are dependent on the conditional resources available to them, such as affordable childcare facilities, parenting skills training or parent support groups.…”

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“…Besides dissimilarities in living conditions, there seem to be differences in access to and use of support resources. Homeless women experience less social support (Calsyn & Morse, ; North & Smith, ; van den Dries et al, ), although their social networks seem larger (Ritchey et al, ; Roll et al, ). Some studies show that homeless women use more health and social services than men (Calsyn & Morse, ; Edens et al, ), but do not have fewer unmet care needs (Calsyn & Morse, ; DiBlasio & Belcher, ; Herman et al, ).…”

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Differences between homeless women and men before and after the transition from shelter to community living: A longitudinal analysis

Vet¹,

Beijersbergen²,

Lako

et al. 2019

Health Soc Care Community

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Social quality is the extent to which people are able to participate in social relationships under conditions which enhance their well‐being, capacities and potential and enables them to shape their own circumstances and contribute to societal development. We assessed whether women in homeless shelters differed from men on social quality factors that constitute the quality of their daily life and whether factor scores changed at a different rate for women and men after shelter exit. Data were collected as part of a randomised controlled trial. In 18 shelters across the Netherlands, 183 participants were recruited between December 2010 and December 2012 and followed for 9 months. Adults were eligible if they were about to move from shelter to (supported) independent housing and their shelter stay had been shorter than 14 months. At baseline, women were significantly younger than men. They were more likely to have children, to have minor children staying with them, to be lower educated, to be unemployed and to have been victimised than men. Women had used more services and reported lower self‐esteem, less satisfaction with health and empowerment and higher psychological distress. They were less likely than men to have used alcohol excessively or cannabis. We found no significant differences between women and men in changes over time on the social quality factors. As women were disadvantaged at baseline compared to men regarding many factors, we concluded that women in homeless shelters are a particularly vulnerable group. Moreover, an opportunity remains for shelter services to improve women's social quality during and after their shelter stay.

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Differences between homeless women and men before and after the transition from shelter to community living: A longitudinal analysis

Vet¹,

Beijersbergen²,

Lako

et al. 2019

Health Soc Care Community

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Longing for a Forever Home: Ontological insecurity is collectively produced in fixed-term supportive housing for families

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Kuskoff

Parsell

et al. 2023

Housing, Theory and Society

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Women on the Border between Home and Homelessness: Analysing Worker–Client Relationship

Granfelt¹,

Turunen²

2021

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Housing First, as implemented in Finland, offers two housing options for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. In this context, permanent housing refers to a scattered‐site rental flat or a community‐based housing unit in accordance with the Housing First principle. The focus of our study was on worker–client relationship and its diverse meanings at different stages of women’s housing pathways. Our data consisted of narrative thematic interviews with nine women who lived in scattered housing and three workers of a housing unit. The narratives of the housing unit workers were related to a deep concern for the women who have the most limited choices and who do not always see the housing unit as home. The workers felt frustrated with the inconsistency of care pathways in substance abuse care, psychiatric hospital care as well as gerontological services. Women in scattered housing had received sufficient support at critical stages of their housing pathway from the public service system, which is an integral part of the Finnish Housing First model. In their cases, homelessness and problems with housing had been addressed as part of a holistic effort to improve the quality of their lives either through adult social work, child protection aftercare or psychosocial services. Getting sufficient support in a vulnerable situation in a trust‐based worker–client relationship was a unifying theme of this dataset of women. Our study also challenges the development of services from the perspective of women whose housing pathways are characterised by numerous losses and exclusions, and for whom many services remain out of reach.

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Mothers Who Experience Homelessness

Cited by 3 publications

References 33 publications

Differences between homeless women and men before and after the transition from shelter to community living: A longitudinal analysis

Differences between homeless women and men before and after the transition from shelter to community living: A longitudinal analysis

Longing for a Forever Home: Ontological insecurity is collectively produced in fixed-term supportive housing for families

Women on the Border between Home and Homelessness: Analysing Worker–Client Relationship

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