Caring as Communities
A monthly podcast aimed at addressing gaps in healthcare for our nation’s most vulnerable patients. Caring as Communities interviews healthcare leaders across the country to discuss what care teams, communities, and government agencies are doing to better support individuals with unique care needs—including mental and behavioral health, substance use disorder, social determinants of health, and other complexities of care.
Caring as Communities
Rethinking Healthcare for the Homeless with The INN Between
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In this month’s episode, we dive into the increasingly important topic of Medical Respite—a critical service that provides short-term medical care for people experiencing homelessness who are too ill or frail to recover on the streets, but not sick enough to stay in a hospital.
Dr. Enguidanos is joined by Jillian Olmsted and Dr. Jeff McNally from The INN Between, Utah’s first and only medical respite and end-of-life care facility for individuals experiencing homelessness. Speakers share the financial and health outcome benefits of medical respite and offer key considerations for organizations looking to implement a similar program.