Webinar Slides(PDF) Presented by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council and the Coldspring Center for Social and Health InnovationWednesday, November 2nd, 2016 | 3:00-4:30 p.m. EDT The amazing thing about humans is that, no matter how dark the situation, there is always hope for healing and growth. Trauma can either be a source […]
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Webinar Slides(PDF) Without healing, trauma can structure a person’s brain in a way that sets them up to be a high risk for addiction. Addiction is one of the most effective and efficient ways to kill the physical and psychological pain resulting from trauma. This short-term relief too often becomes an all-consuming way of life,
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Webinar Slides(PDF) For most patients, trauma is not just another presenting problem. For too many, trauma is the underlying cause of their psychological, medical, and social struggles. As our understanding of trauma increases, its devastation becomes more and more clear. Past pain and suffering directly impacts health outcomes, as well as the ability to succeed
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Webinar Slides(PDF) We sit at the edge of a paradigm that has the power to transform not only our work with patients, but our communities and nation as well. Ending homelessness will never happen as long as the majority of people in our society do not understand those who experience this tragic reality and what
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Webinar Slides(PDF) This webinar will present findings from a review of the literature and field interviews with four health care for the homeless projects regarding their management of complex comorbidities including a highlight of practices from the HCH project at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, Masschusetts. Managing complex comorbidities with patients who are homeless can be
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Webinar Slides(PPT) This webinar will focus on the models of integrated care that three health care for the homeless projects has adopted in order to better serve homeless populations. Homeless populations are much more likely to have complex, multiple occurring disorders that include chronic, somatic conditions coupled with mental health and/or substance use disorders. Traditional models
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Webinar Slides(PPT) Q & A(PDF) Resources(PDF) March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. This webinar will address the diagnosis and treatment of TBI in the homeless population. The co-incidence of homelessness and TBI can lead to medical, social, behavioral, mental, cognitive, and economic decline in an individual. Presenters Angela Colantonio, PhD, OT Reg (Ont); Saunderson
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