30-11-2019 12:00 via ottawacitizen.com

Blue Roses documentary shines light on Ottawa rooming houses

"There’s no such thing as palliative care in our neighbourhood. What we see are people who are sick, who are suffering, and then they die," Robert Jamison says, choking back tears as he speaks. "A lot of folks don't really want palliative care. Because death's kind of welcomed after you’ve suffered so many years in poverty, so many years as a chronic substance, so many years out here on the street." Read More
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