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RESPITE CARE PROVIDERS' NETWORK |
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Plan now to attend the 2008 Respite Pre-Conference Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. on Wednesday, June 11! In communities throughout the country, innovative health care agencies are providing temporary housing and cost-effective medical care for homeless people who are too ill to remain on the streets, but not ill enough to be in a hospital. These providers offer services in many ways, from shelter-based programs to free-standing facilities. Other cities provide their services through apartment-based models, nursing facility models, and more. They all share at least one commonality: a passionate commitment to meeting the needs of homeless people who are ill.Mission Statement: The Respite Care Providers’ Network (RCPN) seeks to improve the health status of individuals who are homeless by support of programs that provide medical respite and related services. •Introduction to Respite
• Respite Programs and Providers
•Respite Program Policies and Tools • Defining Characteristics of Respite • Medical Respite Services for Homeless People: Practical Models (PDF) • Healing Hands | April 2007| Medical Respite Care: An Integral Part of the Homeless Care Continuum RESPITE PROGRAMS AND PROVIDERS
This section includes a carefully selected sampling of respite-specific policies and procedures, and programmatic forms which you are welcome to use and adapt to your own needs. These are organized into the following broad categories: policies and procedures; referral/screening forms; intake/admission; forms used during stay; and miscellaneous. All of the documents are either in Adobe or Microsoft Word formats. For additional tools, including those more general to homeless health care provision, please visit the Clinical Resources section of our website at: http://www.nhchc.org/tools.html. If you have any questions or suggestions about these tools, or if you are willing to share some from your own respite program, please contact Suzanne Zerger (szerger@nhchc.org). POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Interfaith House-Chicago IL Homeless Health Care–
Client Agreement/Contract
Treatment Plan
Job Descriptions for Respite Staff
Copyright Status: Unless stated otherwise, these documents and files are in the public domain, and can be freely downloaded and reproduced.
• Case Report: Medical Respite Care for People without Stable Housing
Respite Pilot Initiative: Evaluation of 10 Respite Programs
The Respite Care Providers’ Network operates as a Standing Committee of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council. We invite your participation at the following levels, and are also grateful for contributions. Click here to print the RCPN Brochure and complete and mail the membership form, or 1. Join the RCPN. Membership is free. Members receive the quarterly respite e-newsletter, elect the leadership of the RCPN, and become individual members of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council. To join, simply click here or print the RCPN Brochure and complete and mail the membership form, or send the following information to Suzanne Zerger at szerger@nhchc.org: Name, Position, Organization, Address, City/State/Zip, Phone, E-mail. 2. List your program in the Respite Program Directory (complete this form and send as instructed) 3. Become an Organizational Member of the National HCH Council. CONTACT US! If you have any questions or comments about medical respite, or about the Respite Care Providers’ Network, please do not hesitate to contact the RCPN Coordinator, Suzanne Zerger (szerger@nhchc.org or phone: 647-435-4616). Contact information for the current members of the RCPN Steering Committee is also available for your convenience here. Publication of this web page is made possible by a grant from the Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA). The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of HRSA. |
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