Medical Respite Media Archive

Informational Videos

• Medical respite care for people experiencing homelessness | RCPN short documentary video | Running time 10:22
• Respite Center Cincinnati part 1
• Respite Center Cincinnati part 2
• Interfaith House, Chicago, IL

National Media

• Treating the homeless can go beyond medical care, American Medical News Ethics Forum, March 2, 2009
• Program helps homeless cut use of emergency services, Forbes.com, May 4, 2009
• Dumped on skid row, 60 Minutes, CBS, May 17, 2007
• Video catches hospital ‘dumping’ incident, National Public Radio, March 23, 2006

Arizona

• Group seeks medical respite help for homeless, The Arizona Republic, March 16, 2010

California

Costa Mesa

• Nurses In Vanguard Of Aiding Homeless In Southern California, Nurse.com, November 10, 2010
• Hospitals send homeless to new after-care program, The Orange County Register, March 28, 2010
• Lighting the darkest path, Daily Pilot, July 30, 2011

Fresno

• Medical center sought for Fresno’s homeless, The Fresno Bee, June 24, 2010

Los Angeles

• After the hospital, a haven for homeless patients to recuperate, Los Angeles Times, August 28, 2011
• Hospital Association Offers Homeless Patients a Place to Heal, News Blaze, November 10, 2010
• Homeless patient program expands, Payers and Providers, California Edition, September 2, 2010
• Moving homeless patient discharge from the streets, California Healthline, May 20, 2010
• Fighting cancer and homelessness, May 19, 2010 | YouTube video by Mark Horvath, founder of InvisiblePeople.tv
• Good Samaritan takes a new path for homeless patients, Los Angeles Business Journal, December 12, 2006
• ‘Dumping’ of homeless by hospitals stirs debate, New York Times, February 23, 2007
• Homeless discharge shelter saves hospitals $3 million in year, HealthLeaders Media, May 18, 2009
• Nursing the homeless back to health, Marketplace, American Public Media, March 7, 2008

Sacramento

• New health care options for homeless patients in Sacramento, California Health Care Foundation, August 7, 2006

San Diego

• Rescue Mission offers post-hospital help, San Diego Union-Tribune, September 4, 2010
• Homeless get second chance: Program helps turn lives around, SignonSanDiego.com, August 28, 2008
• New Facility for Injured, Ill Homeless to Recover, San Diego News, April 23, 2010

San Francisco

• New program offers help to homeless, KCBS, July 5, 2009
• Mayor Newsom opens San Francisco’s new Medical Respite and Sobering Center, City and County of San Francisco Office of the Mayor, July 1, 2009 | Video of the Opening Ceremony

San Rafael

• Medical respite for homeless, Marin Independent Journal, April 20, 2009

Santa Barbara

• Where do the homeless heal? Santa Barbara Independent, October – November 2011 (7-part series)

Santa Monica

• Providing homeless with a place to recover, Santa Monica Daily Press, December 24, 2010

Colorado

• Witnesses: Hospital employees dump homeless woman, Denver News, October 5, 2006

Connecticut

• A plan to end homelessness, Republican – American, October 21, 2009

Georgia

• Georgia program’s recovery unit aids injured homeless, Ledger-enquirer.com, November 19, 2008

Illinois

• Interfaith House: Providing in-patient services to the homeless, Roosevelt University Convergence Newsroom, May 27, 2009

Massachusetts

• A Lifeline’s Flight to Grow, The Boston Globe, November 8,2010
• Moving with Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, On Call Magazine, August 7, 2008
• Homeless woman yearns for warmth, compassion, SouthCoastToday, December 22, 2007

Minnesota

• Missoula panel on homelessness says more respite beds needed, Missoulian.com, February 22, 2011
• Among possible response to GAMC problem: respite care for the homeless, MINNPOST, October 23, 2009

North Carolina

• Where do they go after the hospital?, Charlotte Observer, January 11, 2008
• Nowhere to go, North Carolina state hospital moving patients into area’s homeless shelters, Winston Salem Journal, February 5, 2006

Ohio

• Homeless artist still has faith, Cincinnati.Com, November 21, 2009
• Doctor believes in brotherhood of man, Cincinnati Enquirer, January 25, 2009
• A safety net full of holes, Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 6, 2007
• TV News 12 reports on Cincinnati’s Center for Respite Care, TV News 12

Oregon

• Portland’s post-hospital care for homeless falls short of meeting needs, The Oregonian, March 24, 2009
• The $471,000 man: Hospitals find paying for housing helps keep homeless out of ER, The Portland Tribune, Mar 28, 2008
• Homeless infirmary project will continue helping patients recover, Oregon Health & Science University News, March 13, 2006

South Carolina

• ‘Transitions’ Homeless Facility Preps For Grand Opening, WLTX.com, June 8, 2011

Tennessee

• Discharged from hospital, admitted to the streets, The Contributor, April 1, 2011
• Homeless deserve health care during recovery, too, Tennessean, August 25, 2009

Texas

• Helping the sick and homeless, The Statesman, January 16, 2010

Virginia

Richmond

• Help for the Homeless, Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 21, 2008

Fredericksburg

• Respite house a place for homeless to heal, Fredericksburg.com, June 14, 2010

Washington

• Sick and homeless: Seattle takes big step to intervene, Crosscut.com, September 21, 2011
• Seattle Opens Medical Respite Center for Homeless, The Skanner News, August 15, 2011
• Respite Care Center to serve over 500 homeless individuals a year, The Seattle Housing Authority, August 3, 2011
• Program Helps Homeless Recover from Surgery Off the Streets | video, kapptv.com, April 14,2011

International

• B.C. hospitals use beds to house homeless, says NDP health critic, The National Post, November 15, 2010 (British Columbia, Canada)
• Nowhere to turn, London Free Press, August 27, 2010 (London, Ontario, Canada)
• Study: Homeless patients cost $2,500 more than the average patient for each hospital stay, Eurekalert.org, March 8, 2011 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
• Helping the homeless out of the hospital, Calgary Herald, August 20, 2011 (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)