Housing, Care and Support: Volume 22 Issue 1

Situating and understanding hospital discharge arrangements for homeless people

Martin Whiteford, Michelle Cornes

Hospital discharge planning for Canadians experiencing homelessness

Kristy Buccieri, Abram Oudshoorn, Tyler Frederick, Rebecca Schiff, Alex Abramovich, Stephen Gaetz, Cheryl Forchuk

People experiencing homelessness are high-users of hospital care in Canada. To better understand the scope of the issue, and how these patients are discharged from hospital, a…

The GP role in improving outcomes for homeless inpatients

Zana Khan, Philip Haine, Samantha Dorney-Smith

Homeless people experience extreme health inequalities and high rates of morbidity and mortality (Aldridge et al., 2017). Use of primary care services are low, while emergency…

Hospital collaboration with a Housing First program to improve health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness

Lisa Wood, Nicholas J.R. Wood, Shannen Vallesi, Amanda Stafford, Andrew Davies, Craig Cumming

Homelessness is a colossal issue, precipitated by a wide array of social determinants, and mirrored in substantial health disparities and a revolving hospital door. Connecting…

Homeless medical respite service provision in the UK

Samantha Dorney-Smith, Emma Thomson, Nigel Hewett, Stan Burridge, Zana Khan

The purpose of this paper is to review the history and current state of provision of homeless medical respite services in the UK, drawing first on the international context. The…

The Cottage: providing medical respite care in a home-like environment for people experiencing homelessness

Angela Gazey, Shannen Vallesi, Karen Martin, Craig Cumming, Lisa Wood

Co-existing health conditions and frequent hospital usage are pervasive in homeless populations. Without a home to be discharged to, appropriate discharge care and treatment…

Establishing a hospital healthcare team in a District General Hospital – transforming a model into a reality

Rose Isabella Glennerster, Katie Sales

The authors’ interest in the discharge of patients with no fixed abode (NFA) arose through repeatedly seeing patients discharged back to the streets. In 2017, the Royal United…

Improving outcomes for homeless inpatients in mental health

Zana Khan, Sophie Koehne, Philip Haine, Samantha Dorney-Smith

The purpose of this paper is to describe the delivery of the first clinically led, inter-professional Pathway Homeless team in a mental health trust, within the King’s Health…