Medical Respite Webinar: Filling a Void in Homeless Health Care
The Respite Care Providers' Network describes medical respite care as acute and post-acute medical care for homeless persons who are too ill or frail to recover from a physical illness or injury on the streets, but who are not ill enough to be in a hospital. This webinar provides an introduction to medical respite care and offers advice from leading experts on starting a medical respite program, including research supporting medical respite, funding strategies, and common start up challenges and solutions.
Speakers:
- Sabrina Edgington, MSW, Program and Policy Specialist, National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Nashville, TN
- Leslie Enzian, MD, Medical Director, HCH Medical Respite Program, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
- Sarah Ciambrone, MS, Director, Barbara McInnis House, Boston HCH Program, Boston, MA
This webinar is free, bus space is limited, and advanced registration is required by 5pm EST on February 15th. Please click here to register.