Increasing Social Connection in Permanent Supportive Housing: A Participatory Study on Therapeutic Recreation for People with Experiences of Homelessness.

Background And Objective: Social exclusion and isolation due to homelessness are compounded in older people by physical frailty and stigma. Interventions to support older people with experiences of homelessness often neglect social dimensions of well-being. In this participatory action research study, residents, staff, and researchers collaborated to develop, implement, and evaluate therapeutic recreation programming in a permanent supportive housing facility for older people with experiences of homelessness (n=68).