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Abstract：
Rates of homelessness among adults aged 50 and over are rising. Common strategies for exiting homelessness rely on social and family support. However, intergenerational trauma may disrupt these social support networks and contribute to homelessness. Understanding the impact of intergenerational trauma on living with family or friends may give insight into addressing homelessness among older adults. We purposefully sampled 46 adults who reported living with family or friends from the HOPE HOME study cohort (350 community-recruited adults, ≥ 50 years and experiencing homelessness in Oakland, California) and 19 family/friends who had hosted the participants in their living spaces. We conducted independent, semi-structured interviews and used grounded theory methodologies to analyze data. We identified four major themes from the interviews: (1) Intergenerational trauma was common and made it difficult to stay with family or friends; (2) Participants and hosts sought to protect future generations from intergenerational trauma; (3) Relationships endured despite intergenerational trauma; and (4) social structures exacerbated the impact of intergenerational trauma and played a significant role in perpetuating homelessness. Trauma-informed policies that confront the structures that propagate or exacerbate intergenerational trauma may mitigate their impact and facilitate housing for older adults.
摘要：
50岁及以上成年人的无家可归率正在上升。消除无家可归现象的常见策略依赖于社会和家庭支持。然而,代际创伤可能会破坏这些社会支持网络，并导致无家可归。了解代际创伤对与家人或朋友生活的影响，可以为解决老年人的无家可归问题提供见解。我们有目的地从HOPEHOME研究队列中抽取了46名报告与家人或朋友生活在一起的成年人（350名社区招募的成年人，≥50岁，在奥克兰无家可归，加利福尼亚州）和19个在生活空间接待参与者的家人/朋友。我们进行了独立,半结构化访谈，并使用扎根理论方法分析数据。我们从访谈中确定了四个主要主题：（1）代际创伤很普遍，很难与家人或朋友呆在一起；（2）参与者和主持人试图保护后代免受代际创伤；（3）尽管代际创伤，但关系仍然存在；（4）社会结构加剧了代际创伤的影响，并在使无家可归现象长期存在中发挥了重要作用。面对传播或加剧代际创伤的结构的创伤知情政策可能会减轻其影响并促进老年人的住房。
