Dennis, Glendale, disabled, divorced at 60 years, spent savings, sleeping homeless on church patio - Invisible People

Published: 19 Feb 2014 · Uploaded: 03 Jul 2020
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Imagine working all your life and then in your senior years the only option for retirement is living in a park. When we recorded this interview, Dennis was a few months shy of turning 60 years-old and had been experiencing homelessness for a little less than 5 months.

Dennis said, "I used to make fun of the homeless until I became one", which should stand out as a reminder to all of us that homelessness can happen to anyone.

A divorce changed his living situation. Dennis then developed health issues and stayed in a board and care until the high cost forced him to transition to a winter shelter program. When the winter shelter closed, Dennis had no other options except to sleep outside.

We have a "Silver Tsunami" coming. Boomer generation is now entering into what should be their comfortable retirement years. Instead, because this last recession wiped out a lot more than hopes and dreams, seniors will enter into homelessness at an alarming rate.

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Since its launch in November 2008, Invisible People has leveraged the power of video and the massive reach of social media to share the compelling, gritty, and unfiltered stories of homeless people from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. The vlog (video blog) gets up close and personal with veterans, mothers, children, layoff victims and others who have been forced onto the streets by a variety of circumstances. Each week, they’re on InvisiblePeople.tv, and high traffic sites such as YouTube, Twitter and Facebook, proving to a global audience that while they may often be ignored, they are far from invisible.

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