Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 3-4pm ET/2-3pm CT Description: Join us for a webinar to discuss the ways in which health centers and medical respite programs can assist participants with obtaining SSI/SSDI benefits using the principles and techniques of the SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) model. The webinar will feature staff from the SAMHSA […]
The Framework for Medical Respite Care is a resource that defines the philosophy of care provided within medical respite programs, and articulates how the Standards for Medical Respite Care Programs, the Guiding Principles for Medical Respite Care, and the Models for Medical Respite Care work in conjunction to provide quality care and opportunity for recovery
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Funding can be one of the most critical and challenging aspects of a medical respite program’s operation. Many medical respite programs must use multiple sources of funding to cover all aspects of the program and to ensure access to all who are referred to the program. The Funding a Medical Respite Program Symposium provides a
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Medical respite care is defined as acute and post-acute care for people experiencing homelessness who are too ill or frail to recover from a physical illness or injury on the streets or in shelter, but who are not ill enough to be in a hospital. While programs vary in size and structure, they all share
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This document is a guide to the various Models of Medical Respite Care and the distinct types and intensity of clinical services available in each medical respite care setting through onsite services and community partnerships. The four Models of Medical Respite Care are: Coordinated Care Coordinated Clinical Care Integrated Clinical Care Comprehensive Clinical Care
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Presentation by: Jillian Olmstead, Executive Director/CEO, The INN Between Description: Homelessness compounds the obstacles and the barriers to accessing end-of-life care, necessitating innovative approaches to ensure dignity and comfort during this vulnerable stage of life. Explore the critical need for and the challenges associated with providing hospice care tailored to unhoused individuals within a recuperative
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Presentation by: John Hallett, MD, Lead Physician at COTS Mary Isaak Center, Petaluma Health Center; Cailtin Synovec, OT-BSN, Associate Director of Medical Respite, National Health Care for the Homeless Council; Hagar Dickman, Senior Attorney, Justice in Aging; Catherine Hayes, President & Co-Founder, Cardea Health; Panel facilitated by Brandon Cook, Senior Medical Respite Manager, National Health
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Presentation by: Tarryn Bieloh, Medical Respite Manager, National Health Care for the Homeless Council; Kevonya Eliza, Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, National Health Care for the Homeless Council; Kelli Klein, Clinical Manager, National Health Care for the Homeless Council; Neal Sheran, MD, Medical Director, San Francisco Department of Public Health, Medical Respite; Carli
