Fellow Human Beings

"I love this time of night,"

Ed says every night at bedtime.
Me too.
I smile as I snuggle down in the covers,

with my warm heating pad -

until images of the homeless

consume me.

 

 No bed, no warm covers,

no room, no house.

How can they sleep under the viaduct?

On the streets?

In window wells?

 Especially refugee children

driven from their homes.

How do they do it

Day in and day out?
There is no "I love this time of night" for them.

The average life expectancy for a person

who is chronically homeless is less than 60 years.

What do you do when the end of life approaches,

when you don't have a home to return to?

Join KUED, The INN Between, KUER, Catholic Community Services of Utah

and the Salt Lake City Public Library

as we follow the final months and days of homeless residents

in a unique hospice setting,

as they struggle to come to terms with the end of their lives.

Shot in a raw and intimate style,

"Homeless at the End" tells the story of the final months and days

of homeless residents in a unique hospice setting,

providing a poignant account of the experience

of those in our community who are medically frail,

and who have often been forsaken

The film offers a rare glimpse

into the lives of formerly homeless people

as they struggle to come to terms with the end of their lives,

and shows the need for a greater understanding and compassion

for Utah’s terminally ill homeless population

as they face the end of life.