Senior Living: Organization Gives Men a Place to Talk, Find Support

The whine of a mitre saw and the sharp aroma of a wood preservative are clues that something is happening in Punch Jackson’s spacious Edmonton garage.

But that something is more than the creation of six picnic tables bound for the yard of a permanent supportive housing residence. What’s also going on is the reason Men’s Shed exists: men are creating a place to share and support each other through life’s ups and downs.

Gathering in garages or basement workshops has therapeutic value, says Jackson, one of the Edmonton organizers of Men’s Shed — a men’s support group that started in Australia (where garden sheds serve as an informal gathering place for guys) and now has hundreds of chapters from Denmark to Kenya.

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