Clinical Guidelines

General Recommendations for the Care of Homeless Patients

Clinicians with extensive experience caring for individuals who are homeless routinely adapt their practice to foster better outcomes for these patients. This document is intended for health care professionals, students, and ancillary personnel who have less experience working with this population and may not realize that some of their patients are homeless. Download Research (PDF)

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Clinical Guidelines: The Importance of Assessing and Addressing Health Management

Health management is an essential task for maintaining a person’s overall health and well-being, particularly for people experiencing homelessness who have increased prevalence and higher onset of chronic health conditions. Health management is defined as “activities related to developing, managing, and maintaining health and wellness routines, including self-management, with the goal of improving or maintaining

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Adapting Your Practice: Recommendations for the Care of Patients Who Are Homeless or Unstably Housed Living with the Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability among children and young adults in the United States and is associated with disabilities that may interfere with a person’s capacity to maintain stable housing, employment, and relationships. Research has shown high rates of cognitive impairment among people experiencing homelessness. Our new resource

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Adapting Your Practice: Recommendations for the Care of Homeless Adults with Chronic Non-Malignant Pain

The recommendations in this document specify what experienced clinicians know works best for patients experiencing homelessness, with the realistic understanding that limited resources, fragmented health care delivery systems, and loss to follow-up often compromise adherence to optimal clinical practices. These recommendations provide helpful guidance to health care professionals serving adults with chronic non-malignant pain who

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Adapting Your Practice: Treatment Recommendations for Homeless Patients with Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia and Heart Failure

Diseases affecting the heart or blood vessels are highly prevalent among people experiencing homelessness. Among the cardiovascular diseases most commonly seen by primary care providers serving homeless individuals are hypertension (high blood pressure), hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol and triglycerides) and heart failure (impaired cardiac function, which often results from uncontrolled hypertension and/or hyperlipidemia). Metabolic syndrome—including hypertension,

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