Navigating Healthcare Challenges for People Experiencing Homelessness: A Trauma-Informed Approach

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Document Type

Presentation

Presentation Date

8-2-2023

Comments

Presentation: 59:31

Abstract

Objectives

  • Demonstrate ways to engage patients who are experiencing homelessness and have mental health diagnoses and/or substance use history who encounter inpatient hospital settings
  • Discuss different barriers that these patients may face when encountering more formalized hospital or hospital-like settings
  • Understand how diagnostic overshadowing and allostatic load affects healthcare delivery to patients experiencing homelessness
  • Recognize how trauma-informed practices can increase patient engagement and reduce self-directed discharges
  • Expand knowledge on importance of care coordination in in-patient hospital settings
  • Demonstrate the importance of nurse-led continuity of care via warm hand-offs
  • Learn now you can take the information from our program to advocate for Street Med patients in your current or future hospital systems

Language

English

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