Quality of life of homeless older persons in Housing First facilities

The goal of this research was to determine the quality of life of homeless older persons living in Housing First facilities in the City of Tshwane. This research aimed to provide interdisciplinary teams with valuable, effective, and practical recommendations and best practice guidelines on ways to promote the quality of life of homeless older persons in Housing First facilities. This study was underpinned by pragmatism as the research paradigm and adopted a mixed-methods research approach. The study was exploratory and descriptive in nature and followed an explanatory sequential mixed methods design. Firstly, the researcher collected and analysed quantitative data and thereafter explained the results in further detail using qualitative data. Quantitative data was collected through face-to-face surveys, and qualitative data was generated through face-to-face semi-structured interviews. This study adopted the use of non-probability sampling in the form of purposive sampling. The quantitative data collection instrument was piloted with two homeless older persons in the Housing First facilities, and the qualitative data instrument was piloted with one member of the interdisciplinary team. Quantitative data analysis focused on descriptive and inferential statistics, and qualitative data followed the reflexive thematic analysis process.