Five Week Application

Introduction1

Week five application1

Discussion1

Vital statistics1

Demographics2

Children2

Elders2

Other demographics for homeless people2

Environmental issues3

Health hazards3

Resources3

Environmental hazards4

Hazardous waste/pollution hotline4

Illegal dumping4

Remove Graffiti5

Occupational hazards5

Homeless population5

Needs of homelessness in Tacoma6

Other Services6

Nursing Opportunities7

Role of the BSN nurse in the community7

Conclusion8

References9

Five Week Application

Introduction

Week five application

The assignment relates to the people who are homeless. The main objective of this assignment is to know the demographic and statistical factor that needs to be high lightened. Assignment is also about the resources that homeless people are getting. The purpose of this paper is to see the vital statistics and demographics that let others know about the ratio of homelessness. Complete description and statistics have given in the following paragraph.

Discussion

Homeless people can be defined in many ways. The most appropriate definition related to the people, who do not own a particular or secure place, where they can spend their night (Anonymous,2009). The number of these people is increasing day by day. Further, there will be some statistics shown in order to prove this thing.

Vital statistics

It is difficult to estimate the number of homeless people. Sometimes, it depends on the measurement done over a single night or sometimes it is based on year. National Law Center on Homelessness and poverty, conducted a research to find out the number of homeless people. According to their research, around 2.3 and 3.5 million people were homeless (Anonymous, 2009). In 2008, U.S. department of Housing and Urban Development conducted a research and made a report. This report shows that 671,888 people were homeless in just one night in 2007 January. Among this rate, 58% people are living in the shelter, whereas 42% are still unsheltered (Anonymous, 2009).

Demographics

Children

National Centre on Family homelessness conducted a research in order to find that how many children are homeless in America (Anonymous,2009). Their research showed that about 1.5million children become homeless each year in America.

Elders

A lot of elders are also becoming homeless day by day. There were 2 basic demographic factors for their homelessness. The first reason for their homelessness was the increase in their population, and it is expected to be double in size between now and 2050(sermons & Henry, 2010). Another, issue was the productive stability of the elderly population. These two are the major reasons that lead to homelessness.

Other demographics for homeless people

In 2006, a study had done by the US Conference of Mayors. They categorized homeless people in the sections of racial and ethnic minorities. Considering the factor of homelessness, 13% people were Hispanic, 2% were Asian, 42% were African-American, 4% were Native-American, 39% were Non-Hispanic(Anonymous,2009). Samhsha's National Mental Health Information Center conducted a research in 1996. They showed the number of homeless people in urban areas. 21% were in suburbs, 71% were in Central cities, and 9% were in rural areas.

Environmental issues

There are a lot of issues that homeless people faced. As they are living on roads or in tents, so there is a danger of fire. These homeless people start using wood things like use of stoves, fires for cooking and ...