The importance of housing for people with mental illness has been repeatedly acknowledged at the highest levels. This recognition has, however, yet to be reflected in policies and funding. This report explores how this lack of recognition affects mental health and homelessness in Australia, and ...
Countless organisations ,most of which maintain but a tenuous link if at all to homelessness never-the-less see fit to raise funds for themselves using the name of homeless people -very little-as little as 5% of the funds reaches the homeless communities or people in a form we asked for,...
Toora Women offers shelter to women in very stressful situations. Photo: File. In a quiet cul-de-sac in the Canberra suburbs there’s an old house at the end of a tree-lined drive. There’s a yard out the front. Bikes out the back. It’s unremarkable; just another ‘blink and you...
“It might surprise Canberrans that many people don’t actually have a place to live. There will be 2,000 people homeless in Canberra tonight,” said Hands Across Canberra CEO Peter Gordon. “Hands Across Canberra is delighted to be partnering with Zango to promote the cause and to encourage...
Older people subject to homelessness face many challenges including poor health status, geriatric syndromes, and depression, coupled with barriers in accessing health and aged care services. Many are in need of formal aged care at a younger age than the general population, yet, in Australia, spec...
He said he now wanted to raise his concerns to the "corridors of power" in Canberra, hoping to meet Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull when he arrives in the nation's capital in 40 days. A public petition has also been created in support of a national plan to battle the causes of homeless...
;Hidden Homeless;Houseless;Inadequate housing;Insecure housing;Roofless Definition Homelessness describes the situation in which the living circumstances of older people do not meet the basic requirements necessary for the adequate provision of shelter, safety, and physical and emotional security. It repre...
CANBERRA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Prime Minister has had to publicly defend handing a homeless beggar 5 Australian dollars (4 U.S dollars), as goes against the directive of the local mayor. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull handed a beggar the money while on his way to give a ...
The program has acquired nearly 11,000 rooms, and Motel 6 has promised to set aside 5,000 rooms in 19 counties, Newsom said. Among the more than 100 homeless people in an undisclosed hotel on the west side of Los Angeles are two residents who are in hospice care, said Va Lecia Adams...
Introduction The archaeological study of the material culture of people who, by circumstances beyond their control or for other reasons, are classified as homeless is a recent specialist scholarly field of enquiry in the Humanities. This enquiry uses traditional field methods and field techniques of ...