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The Mustard Seed runs a dozen 24-hour emergency shelters in Alberta , Saskatchewan and British Columbia with a total of 747 beds.
The number of people in the 61-to-65 age range keeps growing at about two per cent every year.
Staff must juggle complex medical needs with basic considerations, like ensuring seniors get beds closest to accessible washrooms.
In Toronto , the Salvation Army runs the Islington Seniors’ Shelter , an 83 -bed 24-hour shelter for men and women experiencing homelessness who are 55 and older.
The shelter offers three -bedroom suites, each with a shared bathroom, and staff familiar with the unique needs of homeless seniors.
One shelter is able to allow oxygen tanks to be present, but that's not possible in all spaces.
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