Medical Respite
February 19, 2021
Street Medicine: Creating a “Classroom Without Walls” for Teaching Population Health
“Street Medicine” programs provide medical care to homeless populations outside of traditional healthcare institutions, literally on the street and in transitional settings where unsheltered homeless people live. Such programs are emerging around the world often based at medical schools and primary […]
February 12, 2021
National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) Understanding Homelessness and Medical Respite Care
What Is Medical Respite Care? Medical respite care is acute and post-acute care for persons experiencing homelessness who are too ill or frail to recover from a physical illness or injury on the streets but are not ill enough to be in a hospital. Visit the NHCHC Site