Commentary: Discharging the Homeless - A Daily Issue in Acute Care.
Journal
Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante
ISSN: 1715-6580
Titre abrégé: Healthc Policy
Pays: Canada
ID NLM: 101280107
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2020
08 2020
Historique:
entrez:
20
8
2020
pubmed:
20
8
2020
medline:
12
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
There are complex issues surrounding hospital discharge planning for people experiencing homelessness. The issue involves the disconnection across policy areas of housing, income supports and mental health, and later health generally. Different models for different types of communities (large urban, mid-size, small and rural areas) likely need to be developed as well as for different types of conditions and different housing histories. The quality of data needs improvement including accuracy. Housing items need to be part of admission processes so that the need for post-discharge housing can be quickly flagged and more accurate data can be made available. System improvements need to include all levels of government, people with lived experience, and health as well as housing/homeless sectors. The income support sector also needs to be included. Discharge planning often assumes there is a fixed address after discharge. This clearly misses the needs of people who have lost their housing.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32813637
pii: hcpol.2020.26293
doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2020.26293
pmc: PMC7435077
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doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Comment
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
22-26Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentOn
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Longwoods Publishing.
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