Mortality

Deaths Uncounted: Using Local Data to Act on Unnecessary Tragedy

In Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area, County and community-based organizations collaborate to provide services for people experiencing homelessness using a Housing First approach. The closely connected network was alarmed by a perceived increase in deaths among people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic; many of these deaths seemed to involve substance use. […]

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A Conversation with Sandra: Bringing Care to the Next Level though Discussion on How to Treat Obesity and Co-Existing Morbidities

The National Health Care for the Homeless Council is presenting a webinar on December 7th to learn about Body Mass Index (BMI), obesity, and health ailments. This webinar will be hosted by Sandra Arevalo from the Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, New York. The goal of this webinar is to highlight the difficulties associated with

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Homeless Mortality Data Toolkit: Understanding and Tracking Deaths of People Experiencing Homelessness

This toolkit will share the findings and implications from the communities who conduct homeless mortality reviews, as well as provides guidance on developing or improving a homeless mortality review. Lessons will include how to create partnerships, methods of data collection and analysis, and examples of how communities have used this information to address homeless mortality.

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The Role of Hospitals in Addressing Barriers to Care

Webinar Slides(PDF) For patients experiencing homelessness, health issues are easily exacerbated by the harsh conditions and stress of living without homes. Access to coordinated, comprehensive health care and community services is essential to providing better health outcomes, but navigating community health systems can be especially difficult for homeless populations. We are pleased to provide this

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Serving Patients Experiencing Homelessness in Hospital Systems

Serving Patients Experiencing Homelessness in Hospital Systems slides(PPT) Mobilizer Interview with Josh Green(PDF) Trinity Health HCH Example Book(PDF) Trinity RHM Homeless Scorecard FY17(PDF) Policy Brief_Respite Financing(PDF) Homelessness Quality Brief June 2015(PDF)   Patients experiencing homelessness have complex needs that are difficult to meet in fragmented systems. Providing coordinated care helps to better manage conditions, reduce

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Coffee Chat: End Of Life

Advance Directive Example(PDF) PowerPoint Slides(PDF) Part of the “Coffee Chat” series for clinicians, this session will examine issues related to end of life. Clinicians caring for people experiencing homelessness facing end of life sometimes grapple with challenging situations, including clarifying the individual’s wishes and values, finding ways to determine the person’s desires if he is

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