Medical Respite

Housing the “Impossibles:” How to House the Medically Frail Homeless Population

Across the United States the homeless population is growing older and sicker. Homelessness results in an accelerated aging process and the rapid worsening of chronic medical conditions that could be treated with consistent access to quality care and shelter. Additionally, being unhoused carries an increased risk of disability and traumatic brain injury. As the health […]

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Expanding Medical Respite Care: Breaking Down Silos through Multi-Sector Collaboration

Collaborative partnerships are crucial to the delivery of high quality, equitable community- based care. While these partnerships are essential, it can be difficult for funders, large health systems, and smaller nonprofits/social service organizations to navigate, understand one another, and to build mutual partnerships that create a lasting impact. As we continue to work to de-silo

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Fidelity to the Guiding Principles of Medical Respite Care: Development and Use of a Fidelity Measure 

The National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC) has developed several resources to guide and support medical respite programs to deliver high quality care, while providing flexibility to accommodate the diversity of program and community needs, which are described in the Framework for Medical Respite Care, and include: The Guiding Principles for Medical Respite Care

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Promising Practices: Providing Behavioral Health Care in a Medical Respite Setting

  Promising Practices Behavioral Health in MRC (PDF) Webinar Slides(PDF) People experiencing homelessness (PEH) served in medical respite care (MRC) programs have complex medical and social needs that are often driven and exacerbated by underlying mental health and substance use (behavioral health) conditions. As MRC programs strive to optimize outcomes and provide whole-person care, they

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