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  • External Resource

    The Rising Trend of Specialized Recuperative Care

    As California’s recuperative care field rapidly expands under CalAIM, providers are discovering that one-size-fits-all approaches don’t adequately meet patient needs. This article profiles four California recuperative care programs that developed specialized services for people in specific demographics, including women and…

    •Behavioral Health, Homelessness, Older Adults
  • External Resource

    A Guide to Starting a Recuperative Care Program in California

    This practical guide provides step-by-step instructions for organizations looking to start or enhance recuperative care programs in California. It includes specific guidance on navigating California’s policy landscape and leveraging CalAIM funding.

    •Homelessness
  • External Resource

    Certification for Medical Respite Programs

    The goal of this voluntary certification is to improve the quality and consistency of care across medical respite care programs. It provides a reliable way for a facility to be assessed by hospitals, managed care plans, and others that refer…

    •Homelessness
  • Quick Read

    Medical Respite – Policy at a Glance

    Learn how medical respite improves health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness while saving money across the health care system.

    •Homelessness
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    Medical Respite

    Although the health system cannot fix every part of the homelessness crisis, there are important roles it can play. CHCF envisions a future where different systems work together effectively so people are housed and healthy.

    •Homelessness
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    Medi-Cal and Homelessness

    Although the health system cannot fix every part of the homelessness crisis, there are important roles it can play. CHCF envisions a future where different systems work together effectively so people are housed and healthy.

    •Homelessness, Medi-Cal
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    Expert Perspective

    Five Ways to Improve Recuperative Care in California

    How people working in the recuperative care movement can overcome the hurdles to providing accessible and effective medical respite care.

    •Homelessness
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    Expert Perspective

    Medi-Cal Fosters Collaboration of Health Care, Homeless Service Providers

    With help from the state program, the health care and housing sectors are working together on a critical social driver of health status.

    •Homelessness
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    Report

    Models of Medical Respite Care

    This fact sheet describes the four types of medical respite care models, along with the types and intensity of clinical, case management, and care coordination services that can be expected within each medical respite care setting.

    •Homelessness
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    Case Study

    Lessons from the Field: How an Ad Hoc Stakeholder Network Is Helping Redefine Medical Respite Care in Los Angeles

    This case study describes how a local network of providers, hospitals, and plans in Los Angeles began working together to identify and overcome barriers to provide recuperative care to people who are unhoused.

    •Homelessness
  • Tool

    Guiding Principles for Medical Respite Care

    This short paper outlines the four principles that guide a medical respite care program. The principles should underpin all programs and service delivery and help decisionmakers ensure that care is centered on the needs of the people being served.

    •Homelessness
  • Tool

    Medical Respite Care: A Framework

    This framework was designed to help new and existing medical respite programs tailor their services to meet local needs while upholding a standard of high-quality, patient-centered care for those they serve.

    •Medi-Cal
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    Tool

    Medical Respite Budget Tool

    The budget tool gives providers and funders a framework to understand and plan costs in operating a medical respite program.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
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    Feature Story

    ‘House Calls’ for People Experiencing Homelessness

    Under a grant program developed by the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, local health care organizations and clinics brought the medical services directly to people staying at Project Roomkey hotels.

    •Homelessness
  • Project

    Supporting Statewide Expansion of Medical Respite in California

    Medical respite care is offered in a variety of settings, with service models, staffing, funding, and length of stay tailored to local needs and assets. This two-year project provides funding for the National Institute for Medical Respite Care to promote…

    •Homelessness