Homelessness

Most people believe that homelessness is the effect of unintelligence, addiction, or lack of hard work. However, The Glass Castle, written by Jeanette Walls, provides a new outlook on homeless stereotypes. Suggesting that homelessness can sometimes be a choice, a character in the novel says, “I think that maybe sometimes people get the lives they want” (Walls 256). The Glass Castle resonates with me because of it’s theme, ability to change the reader’s thinking, and the story’s parallels to my…

Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope by Kevin Ryan and Tina Kelley is a book about children becoming homeless because of home neglect emotionally or physically. It explains the problems they went through to cause them to be homeless, like violence, prostitution, teen pregnancy, and abandonment, and how going to the Covenant House and their mentors at the house gradually helped them prosper in being stable with themselves and society. The author wrote the book to help readers…

one should have to worry about whether or not they will have a safe place to sleep each night. Unfortunately, this is the plight of many teens and young adults across the nation. When youths face homelessness it burdens them with an unique set of hardships that are different than those facing homelessness as adults. They are often not even counted in normal statistic aimed at measuring the homeless population, because of many different factors. Many young people learn dangerous and sometimes…

that will serve the population with limited access to health care. Many health center can provide funding r certain special populations. This can include individual and families experiencing homelessness, agricultural workers and dependents, those living in public housing and, Native Hawaiians. Homelessness endure to remain a persistent problem through the U.S. affecting rural as well as urban and suburban communities. 2012 the HRSA health funded the health center and served more than 1.1…

To meet the changing needs of society, Canada 's health care system must constantly evolve. Recent trends in the Canadian health care systems reveal a need for better access to health care among homeless populations, and a shift towards home care services to better serve an aging population. These trends highlight a number of opportunities for occupational therapists (OTs) to assume leadership on roles on health care teams in order to improve health outcomes and client care. On any given night,…

whatever reason get one. Many people have a large wardrobe with multiple pieces of clothing. What about having a very limited wardrobe? You only have the clothes you are wearing and maybe some in a bag. This is what it might feel like to be homeless. Homelessness is a huge problem. How can different generations work together to help…

homeless people go through mental diagnosis, but “lack of documentation, lack of transportation, and difficulty adhering to treatment regimens prevent many homeless individuals from succeeding in mainstream behavioral health care”(Health Care for Homelessness, 2015). Therefore, a mental health program dedicated to provide comprehensive services is necessary among these vulnerable population. In addition,…

There are many ethical dilemmas in our world that I wish I had the ability to change. In order to see a major impact in our society we first have to start by fixing the dilemmas around us. One of the biggest concerns in my community currently is homelessness. I see people everyday on the streets being dehumanized and disregarded by the people around them. This is the most important problem I would like to solve. If the same people ignoring the homeless started acknowledging them and helped them,…

Los Angeles (L.A.) is the second largest city in the United States, it a great tourist destination, however, it is known for its high population of homeless. This is due to various factors, which has left people on the streets, homeless, without access to adequate services, showers inclusive. Recent studies have shown a marked increase in the number of homeless in L.A., with over 10,000 in the Downtown area of Los Angeles, and over 6,000 veterans. These homeless are seen on the streets, night…

More than 10,000 people are homeless in Atlanta on any given night, and I was given the opportunity to go and help them. A year and a half ago I went up, from my lovely suburban hometown in Orlando, Florida, to the urban hub of Atlanta, Georgia with my local church’s youth group to help out with the homeless epidemic. Being a veteran of mission trips, I was prepared to help out people who needed help and let the kindness of God move through me like a beacon of love, but I was never prepared for…