https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/seniors-are-flooding-homeless-shelters-that-can-t-care-for-them/ar-AA1bwwk2?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=fd5f6f4072a6454ba2f6f058d858b064&ei=19
The threat of relapses and rehospitalizations is large. Aid workers said seniors’ medicine is often stolen by younger homeless people on the streets. It is not unusual to assist clients with dementia.
Staff at CASS pass out adult diapers. Some unhoused seniors wait in the CASS shelter for a year or more while they wait placement in subsidized housing, assisted living or a nursing home. But CASS is not licensed to provide nursing-home-level care, and staff are not trained as nursing assistants. So patients cannot remain if they have advanced geriatric care needs and require help with activities of daily living such as dressing, eating and going to the bathroom.
“They need a higher level of care than the current shelter system can provide,” said Lisa Glow, chief executive of CASS. “There have been times here where we had to turn people away, where it’s really heartbreaking. They come in a wheelchair, late at night, and they can’t take care of themselves.”
Thanks for sharing this information. It’s tragic, devastating and heartbreaking to see this happening in our country.
It’s very depressing and extremely concerning. It’s way past time for positive changes.
I see several major issues in this article, the elderly, our homeless situation and the drug crisis that we have in our country.
Oh, and let’s not forget that at this point in time, we don’t exactly have great candidates to vote into office.
It’s getting to the point that an elderly might as well go into a bank and hand them a note so they go to federal prison. There are at least services there.
You make a valid point. I’m sure that some elderly folks may be desperate enough to go that route to acquire food and shelter.
There are also many more rich people than ever before . It’s the haves and the haves not now. Middle wage earners used to be the largest population , it’s been shrinking and shrinking . The population of lower wage earners is increasing. Wages have not been keeping up with inflation or the cost of housing for many years .
Meanwhile CEO’s and others high up in companies make ridiculous amounts of money compared to 50 years ago . Percentage wise their salaries have gone up so much more than inflation has .
Where I live on the east coast, there are alot of pretty old people working in the stores mainly as cashiers .
“The yard had lush grass, a couple of run tracks, a softball field, soccer field, workout areas with pull-up and dips bars, but the thing I noticed the most was how many old guys were on the facility. I had been just about the oldest guy at the maximum-security yard, but here there were wheelchairs, walkers, men carrying canes, all wearing green mobility-impaired vests. I also noted there didn’t seem to be any tension, prisoners were not grouping by race, no one seemed to be hyper-vigilant, the atmosphere was relaxed, almost cheerful, quite alien to my experience”
https://minutesbeforesix.com/wp/medium-security/