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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The Guiding Principles underlie the work of medical respite care programs and are used in conjunction with the Standards for Medical Respite Care and the Models of Medical Respite Care to determine how services are delivered. The Framework for Medical Respite Care Programs goes in depth on how each of the core elements of medical
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This workshop will provide an in-depth presentation of the three phases a faith-based community service organization led to establish a medical respite facility and Community of Care for persons who are experiencing homelessness. The three phases include the community partnerships that were convened to 1) complete the feasibility study for the facility; 2) the fundraising
From Feasibility to Facility: The Journey to Establish a Medical Respite Read More >>
Medical respite is rapidly gaining traction as a service delivery model. The National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC) was created in 2020 to establish a central body to guide best practices in medical respite. To support this mission, a tool to measure fidelity to the principles of best practices in medical respite care was
Design of a Novel Fidelity Measure for Use in Accreditation of Medical Respite Programs Read More >>
Download Webinar Slides (PDF) Webinar Description Individuals experiencing homelessness continue to experience chronic conditions and behavioral health conditions at higher rates than the general population. This requires extensive health management skills on the part of the consumer and appropriate modifications from providers to adjust recommendations and guidance for managing chronic conditions for people experiencing homelessness.
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Case managers, community health workers (CHWs), and peers are often the primary staff responsible for care coordination and implementation of care plans in medical respite. Beyond this, they build relationships and safety for medical respite care clients. This course provides an overview of each role within the medical respite program and recommended best and promising
MRC – The Role of Community Health Workers, Case Managers, and Peers Read More >>
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
Please join us on Wednesday, October 13th for our webinar highlighting the new 2021 Standards for Medical Respite/Recuperative Care Programs. This webinar will provide an overview of the process for updating the Standards, and focus on key changes to the 2021 Standards. Additionally, the webinar will outline resources and steps programs can take to incorporate
