Kendall Worth: Check-up time
Kendall checks up on several folks we met before to see how they are holding up during the second lock down. Altogether a lot better!
Kendall Worth: A change of scenery will do you good
Moving away from a place where you weren’t happy, and to a place that is pleasant, where you live near a friend and where the caseworkers are more helpful makes a big difference to our old friend Daryl. His friend and roommate Darlene is equally doing well, Kendall Worth reports.
Kendall Worth: How the second lockdown affects people on income assistance
Kendall Worth: “I want to explain why I feel it is important to keep my readers updated on how people on income assistance are doing during COVID-19.”
Kendall Worth: More on security guards and police harassing poor people with mental health issues
““We need to advise you that the people who complained are not feeling comfortable with your behaviour.” Another story by Kendall Worth on the uncalled for harassment by security guards and police of people with mental health issues.
Kendall Worth: An open letter to Premier Stephen McNeil and Ministers Kelly Regan, and Leo Glavine
Kendall Worth: Whether we are on lock-down again or not, I want to suggest that over the holiday season we should have an organization like the Red Cross do wellness checks on people living in poverty who are going to be alone for Christmas.
Kendall Worth: The high cost of over the counter medications
In a follow up on his last story, about hospital visits, Kendall Worth tackles the high cost of some over the counter medications, causing all kinds of problems for people on income assistance.
Kendall Worth: With a little help from my friends
“The question is: What is a welfare recipient whose only social contacts are people they know from soup kitchens and food banks supposed to do when at very short notice they need someone to come with them to the emergency room?” Kendall Worth to the rescue!
Kendall Worth: Christmas in October
Kendall Worth: “You may think it a bit weird for me to talk about Christmas in October but many people on social assistance are already starting to develop a bit of anxiety thinking about how they are going to prepare for Christmas this year.”
Kendall Worth: An open letter to Carla Qualtrough, the federal minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion
Kendall Worth: “We shouldn’t have to depend on an income assistance system with lots of obstacles for people who live with visible and invisible disabilities.”
Kendall Worth: This year for many people Thanksgiving is going to be full of all-around sadness
Kendall Worth: “Fewer family thanksgiving dinners means that this year for many people Thanksgiving is going to be full of all-around sadness.” But there is also a bright side.