The Rescue Mission in downtown Shreveport sees a large number of homeless women and children coming through their doors daily, but lately they've also been seeing more older men looking for a place to lay their head.

"70-percent of the homeless we're ministering to fall in the age bracket of 46-64," said Rev. Henry Martin, Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission.

Rev. Martin says most of the older men at the Rescue Mission are disabled and don't have family to take care of them.

Eddy Chandler, 58, has called the Rescue Mission home for the past month.

"I lost my home over back taxes. My social security check wasn't big enough to cover utility bills all that kind of stuff that was necessary to live," said Chandler.

Chandler uses a walking cane to get around.

"I've got a bad hip and they want to do a hip replacement," he says. "I've got a floating disk, a hernated disk and a ruptured disk in my back," Chandler added.

Along with older men, Rev. Martin says the rising cost of living, food and gas are also drawing people of all ages to the facility.

"For those people who are living from paycheck to paycheck and payday to payday, who see an increase in gasoline and groceries who are on a fixed income it pushed them over the edge," said Rev. Martin.

Due to the higher cost of living the Rescue Mission says they're also seeing a gradual decrease in donors. For more information about the facility, go to:

http://www.sbrescuemission.com.

If you would like to donate you can send a check to:

Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission

P.O. Box 3949

Shreveport, LA 71133