WAND : An Activity Program for Women in a Rooming House

Title: WAND : An Activity Program for Women in a Rooming House
Creator: Grace, Marty; Malone, Jennifer; Murphy, Angela
Date: 2016
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/162067
Identifier: vital:12618
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1177/0886109915574577
Identifier: ISBN:0886-1099
Abstract: Rooming houses are often considered last resort accommodation for people affected by homelessness. However, some rooming houses aspire to provide safe, affordable, good-quality accommodation. This article reports on research into an activity program Women Achieving New Directions (WAND) in one such rooming house for women in Melbourne, Australia. Women-only homelessness programs are important because of women’s specific, gendered experiences of homelessness. Five main themes relating to program impact and structure were identified from the data, namely, reducing isolation, the importance of leaving choice to the women, the vital role of staff support, the emerging sense of program ownership, and experiences of building community connection. © 2015, The Author(s) 2015.
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
Relation: Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work Vol. 31, no. 1 (2016), p. 84-97
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: 1607 Social Work; Health and well being; Homeless women; Qualitative; Social work practice
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