{"id":2356,"date":"2021-10-07T15:38:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T15:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/world-homeless-day-ottawa-booth-centre\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T14:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:48:29","slug":"world-homeless-day-ottawa-booth-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/2021\/10\/world-homeless-day-ottawa-booth-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"World Homeless Day – Ottawa Booth Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Every client supported by The Salvation Army has their own set of specific needs and challenges. Tania Lyons, a Special Care Unit caseworker in the Men\u2019s Special Care Unit at the Ottawa Booth Centre, knows that well.<\/p>\n

The unit has a team of personal support workers, caseworkers and nurses who work with clients that are dealing with homelessness or have recently been released from a hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe help stabilize clients with mental health concerns, physical ailments and addiction,\u201d Tania says.<\/p>\n

When a new client arrives to the Special Care Unit, their nursing team meets with the client first to determine their physical health needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always like to wait to let them settle, then I\u2019ll do my assessment to see what their needs are and then we as a team come up with a care plan for each individual based on their needs,\u201d Tania says.<\/p>\n