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I went to homelessness and aging workshop to get more information about older adult who are homelessness. I know that not so many people know that there are many older adult who are homeless. I was doing a class project relating to homelessness among older adult with my friends and we all went to the workshop to get more information. The workshop was more like discussion group, which everyone can talk and give their opinion. By listening to people talking or giving their opinion, I gain more knowledge about aging and homelessness. We were talking about the causes such as poverty, cannot afford paying for housing, food, utility, have family issue, lost their job or had their hours cut, social security that they received is not enough to pay

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