KP231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Deinstitutionalisation, Respiratory Tract, Harm Reduction
21 Feb 2017
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Being with a place to call your own . It"s just that i don"t have a place to live . It"s hard to get out once you get into it . Sleeping in indoor or outdoor public spaces and/or emergency shelters. Living in illegal or temporary accommodation and/or relying on friends and acquaintances for shelter. Living in housing that is considered unsafe, unhealthy, unaffordable, overcrowded or insecure. Homelessness has emerged from shrouded alleys to a position of prominence. Growth in both absolute homelessness and relative homelessness has occurred in urban and non-urban areas. Defining homelessness (the united nations & canada) United nations (1987) established a distinction between. People living on the street and victims of disaster with no home at all; complete absence of shelter. In the case of young children, those provided with shelter in conditions bearing little resemblance to a home, often referred to as welfare motels.
