Posted: Dec 24, 2020 9:00 AM AT | Last Updated: December 24, 2020
Belongings of a homeless man who sleeps in a doorway on Queen Street in Fredericton. (Joe McDonald) comments
The number of seniors in the Fredericton area who are homeless has been growing over the past few months.
Advocates say it s a disturbing trend, with seniors either sleeping rough or using local shelters. We ve seen the ebbs and flows, but we ve never seen it this consistently high throughout, which is a challenge, said Warren Maddox, executive director of the Fredericton Homeless Shelters Inc.
Nearly half the beds at St. John House are occupied by men who are more than 60 years old, said Maddox.