National Institute for Medical Respite Care
Creating Places to Heal
The National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC) is the first national institute to advance best practices, expert services, and state-of-the-field knowledge in medical respite care (also known as recuperative care). Internal staff, consultants, and consulting teams address a range of principles and practices in creating or expanding medical respite care programs.
The National Institute for Medical Respite Care is a special program of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council.
Medical Respite News
NIMRC Insights on the Latest News, Research & Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events & Conferences
Resource Library
The Latest Medical Respite Research, Tools, Resources and More
What is Medical Respite?
Medical respite care is acute and post-acute care for people experiencing homelessness who are not ill enough to remain in a hospital but are too ill to recover on the streets.
Medical Respite Care Tool Kit
NIMRC's comprehensive Medical Respite Tool Kit provides information and practical tools to help organizations and advocates plan, develop, and sustain medical respite care programs.
Medical Respite Program Standards
The Standards are a framework to help medical respite programs operate safely, effectively, and seamlessly with local health care systems, while promoting program development and growth.
Medical Respite Resource Library
Read detailed reports about a wide variety of issues related to medical respite care such as State-Level Medicaid Benefits, Financing Approaches, Community Spotlights and much more.
Online Learning Portal
NIMRC is pleased to announce our new Learning Portal with free eCourse content. You will need to create a username and password, which will allow you to keep track of where you're at in a course and which courses you've completed.
Archived Webinar Recordings
Join our mailing list to receive ongoing invitations to upcoming webinars on the latest topics related to Medical Respite news, or browse our online archive of recorded webinars.