Mental- health group in talks for shelter
Kamloops Daily News September 18th By MICHELE YOUNG Daily News Staff Reporter
Six weeks after an emergency shelter was opened to help people living on the streets of Kamloops, the lead organization involved wants to create another centre just for homeless seniors.Canadian Mental Health Association executive director Doug Sage told the City’s co- ordinated enforcement task force Monday he’s in negotiations with the society that operates Cariboo Manor in Westsyde.
The 11- bed facility would tartarget homeless seniors, , which Sage said is a demographic raphic group expected to increase crease in number in the coming ming years. The manor houses uses seniors who need some me care, but not around the clock.
The new seniors’ housing ousworked project is being worked on in partnership with th the Seniors Outreach Society ciety and is by no means a done deal, he said. Vanderwolf could not be contacted Friday or Monday for comment.
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