They're seeing the changing face of homelessness.

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.

"Seventy percent of the homeless we're ministering to fall in the age bracket of 46-64. In the past 6-7 months we've seen that population 60 and about increase dramatically," says Rev. Henry Martin.

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

Fifty-eight year old Eddy Chandler 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," says Chandler.

Chandler uses a walking cane to get around.

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

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

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

Due to the higher cost of living the Rescue Mission says they're also seeing a gradual decrease in donors.