'Radical Love': Toronto hospice takes new approach to help Toronto's homeless

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TORONTO — A last\u002Dminute assist has sent Kevin Ackroyd’s life into overtime.

The results revealed a mismatch. The hospice set a goal of dedicating 25 per cent of its palliative care beds to people who are precariously housed.

Dedam had heard about Kensington’s program before she and Ackroyd crossed paths, and she continues to visit him at the hospice he now calls home.He remembers the day when he told her he felt abandoned. “And homelessness is cutting life expectancies in half. The average age of death is between 34 to 47 years old compared to 77 to 82 years old for people who have homes.”

Some three decades ago, he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. He hears voices in his head that feel real to him. Hospice living makes it easier for Ackroyd to consistently take his medication.“It’s hard not to be sad,” he says.He is also an addict who dabbled with heroin, speed, meth, PCP and LSD over the years.

 

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