INFO PAGE
Medical Respite
Residential care setting for people going through community care transitions and/or medical instability
ABOUT
- Program of SF DPH in partnership with Community Forward
- Opened in 2007
- Post-acute recuperative care for people experiencing homelessness who are too sick or frail to be on the streets or in the shelter but too well to be in the hospital
- Program capacity: 75 beds
- The mission of Medical Respite is to provide medical and social services to promote stabilization, hope and healing to adults experiencing homelessness in San Francisco
Medical services
- Safe, clean place to stay while recuperating from an acute medical or surgical condition
- Successful resolution of acute conditions and stabilization of chronic conditions
- Linkage and bridging to primary care
- Linkage to specialty medical care
- Treatment of urgent care conditions as needed
- Care coordination for development of treatment plans focused on positive long-term change
Social services
- Linkages to social services and entitlements:
- General Assistance
- Housing applications
- Medi-Cal/Medicare enrollment –
- Substance use treatment programs
- Mental health
Hospitality services
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- Transportation to medical and social service appointments
- Recuperation from the emotional distress and isolation associated with homelessness and illness
PEOPLE
Medical Director: Devora Keller, MD, MPH
Nurse Manager: Alice Moughamian, RN
Carli Fullerton
Megan Kennel