Nowadays, hospitals don't keep people for long periods of time--they patch you up and ship you home to recover. But what if you don't have a home? En route to looking up other stuff, I found out that there are places around the country where the homeless rest and recover--when they are not sick enough to be in a hospital, but not well enough to go back on the streets.
They are respite homeless providers, and while there are just a few dozen in the U.S, they are gaining in numbers. The National Health Care for the Homeless, an advocacy group in the U.S. and Canada, has a listing of all the homeless respite centers that they could identify in North America, along with a list of the qualifications--and disqualifications--to be a patient at each facility.
If you are homeless, or know anyone who is homeless and needs medical help, here's a directory of agencies that receive funds to give medical care to the homeless. They also link to a directory of public health care facilities that are free or sliding scale, and that can be searched by address, city or county.
They are respite homeless providers, and while there are just a few dozen in the U.S, they are gaining in numbers. The National Health Care for the Homeless, an advocacy group in the U.S. and Canada, has a listing of all the homeless respite centers that they could identify in North America, along with a list of the qualifications--and disqualifications--to be a patient at each facility.
If you are homeless, or know anyone who is homeless and needs medical help, here's a directory of agencies that receive funds to give medical care to the homeless. They also link to a directory of public health care facilities that are free or sliding scale, and that can be searched by address, city or county.
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