shockedcanadian
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THIS is Canada.
Stop believing we are just like you America. The lives that have been destroyed. Our leaders have never cared as the police state has decimated careers and lives for decades. Now these poor are homeless after giving their lives to the state, they will die poor subjects.
Every year hundreds of seniors pass through the doors of Vancouver’s Union Gospel Mission (UGM) in the Downtown Eastside.
But since the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of seniors accessing the shelter’s services has been steadily increasing.
Pre-pandemic, roughly one-quarter of people staying at the shelter were over the age of 55, according to UGM. Post-pandemic, that’s grown to one-third.
And as the population ages, their needs become more complex.
"If you're in your 60s or 70s and have hip issues or maybe have had a knee replaced, staying on a mat on the floor isn't actually possible,” said UGM spokesperson Nicole Mucci.
In November, for the first time in the organization's history, home-care aid workers started making weekly visits to the shelter to help seniors with basic tasks like taking a shower.
Stop believing we are just like you America. The lives that have been destroyed. Our leaders have never cared as the police state has decimated careers and lives for decades. Now these poor are homeless after giving their lives to the state, they will die poor subjects.
Every year hundreds of seniors pass through the doors of Vancouver’s Union Gospel Mission (UGM) in the Downtown Eastside.
But since the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of seniors accessing the shelter’s services has been steadily increasing.
Pre-pandemic, roughly one-quarter of people staying at the shelter were over the age of 55, according to UGM. Post-pandemic, that’s grown to one-third.
And as the population ages, their needs become more complex.
"If you're in your 60s or 70s and have hip issues or maybe have had a knee replaced, staying on a mat on the floor isn't actually possible,” said UGM spokesperson Nicole Mucci.
In November, for the first time in the organization's history, home-care aid workers started making weekly visits to the shelter to help seniors with basic tasks like taking a shower.
