Resources
- Report
Adapting Your Practice: Treatment and Recommendations for Homeless Patients with Asthma
This resource, developed by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, provides valuable information about asthma, it’s effects on homeless patients and the subsequent treatment recommendations. Clinicians practicing in...
- Report
2012 Medical Respite Program Directory: Descriptions of Medical Respite Programs in the United States and Canada
The Medical Respite Program Directory provides profiles of Medical Respite Programs in the United States and Canada (NHCHC). Medical respite care is acute and post-acute medical care for homeless persons...
- Toolkit
Self Management Support: Helping Clients Set Goals to Improve Their Health
People experiencing homelessness bear a higher burden of illness such as diabetes, asthma or heart disease. Managing one of these chronic conditions while living in a shelter or on the...
- Report
Defining and Funding the Support in Permanent Supportive Housing: Recommendations of Health Care Centers Serving Homeless People
This report seeks to determine if and how health care providers for the homeless link their clients to supportive housing and document promising practices in permanent supportive housing. This report...
- Report
Identifying and responding to domestic violence among poor and homeless women
Understanding Trauma People react to violence and abuse in complex ways, often resulting in serious emotional and medical consequences. Table 1 describes common symptoms of a psychiatric-medical syndrome among trauma...