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Reports highlight that Canada’s homeless population is aging, prompting urgent calls for reform in shelter operations. Observations from Vancouver reveal that many elderly individuals struggle under outdated service models, intensifying demands for reassessment and improvements to better address the evolving needs and dignity of vulnerable citizens.

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theglobeandmail.com / Canada’s homeless population is aging, changing how shelters are run

Shelter and services providers say they are seeing more elderly people turn to them for help, leading to a shift in how they do their jobs

citynews.ca / ‘We’re people too’: Canada’s homeless population is aging, changing how shelters run

VANCOUVER — Seventy-one-year-old Roger Oake sat on a bench outside the Union Gospel Mission shelter in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside after breakfast. He had been sleeping at the shelter for about a month “this time” and said that after several years of homelessness, walking “the beat” during the…

thestar.com / 'We're people too': Canada's homeless population is aging, changing how shelters run

VANCOUVER - Seventy-one-year-old Roger Oake sat on a bench outside the Union Gospel Mission shelter in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside after breakfast.

thetyee.ca / Kelowna’s New Tent City Policies ‘Make People Want to Give Up’

Unhoused residents say decampments and new rules are affecting their autonomy, health and safety.

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