How Inglewood’s Homeless Seniors Are Finding Relief Through Housing and Trauma-Informed Care

How Inglewood’s Homeless Seniors Are Finding Relief Through Housing and Trauma-Informed Care

By Marion Apio, California Local News Fellow Marion Apio reported this story while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2026 California Health Equity Fellowship. For 70-year-old Gilbert Ramirez, the intersection of medical care and supportive housing proved lifesaving. First sent to prison at 25, Ramirez spent decades cycling through nine separate sentences and three decades of parole supervision before finally compl…