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Respite programs can be especially helpful for homeless patients to have safe places to recuperate and stop the cycle of chronic re-admittance. [23] A 2015 study conducted using information about homeless patients in New Haven, Connecticut, reported that homeless patients had a 22% higher hospital readmittance rate than patients with insurance ...
SB 1152 (2019) requires hospitals to create discharge plans for homeless patients and ensure they have food, shelter, medicine, and clothing for post-hospital care. [44] While Medi-Cal offers free health insurance to many homeless people, it can be arduous for homeless people to apply, preventing many from obtaining coverage.
Another study out of Boston found similar results with homeless patients requiring 50% fewer hospital readmissions in the 90-days following medical respite program participation than those released to their own care (the street or shelter). [12] Medical respite care has been discussed in the American Medical New Ethics Forum. [13] [14]
Because Douglass is homeless and on Medi-Cal, California’s version of Medicaid, he is eligible for CalAIM services that assist homeless patients with finding a permanent place to live, as well ...
MORE: A California medical group treats only homeless patients -- and makes money doing it In 2020, LAAHR sued the City and County of Los Angeles, claiming that the city's leaders were not doing ...
Scott Silverman, a California addiction recovery counselor who works with homeless people, said that large shelters must focus on helping individuals develop paths to self-sufficiency in order to ...
An investigation by The Sacramento Bee found that out of 1,000 patients given one-way bus tickets, more than 325 had been sent to California. [5] The investigation also found that dozens of relocated patients appeared to have been involved in crimes after they were discharged, including murder, attempted murder, assault, drug crimes, sex crimes ...
New data shows nearly 186,000 people now live on the streets and in homeless shelters in California, proving the crisis continues to grow despite increasing state and local efforts to stem the tide.