Southern European welfare states and homelessness: Portugal and Greece
Housing, Care and Support, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare homelessness policies in Portugal and Greece. Design/methodology/approach After a brief overview of the relationship between welfare regimes and homelessness, the characteristics of homelessness policies within the South-European regime are studied. Subsequently, by employing empirical data, a comparison between the homelessness policies of these two countries is attempted through three axes of analysis: the historical emergence of homelessness policies; the impact of the memoranda, as a series of fiscal measures associated with we...
Source: Housing, Care and Support - April 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Situating and understanding hospital discharge arrangements for homeless people
Housing, Care and Support,Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 1-3, March 2019. (Source: Housing, Care and Support)
Source: Housing, Care and Support - March 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Establishing a hospital healthcare team in a District General Hospital – transforming a model into a reality
Housing, Care and Support, Ahead of Print. Purpose The authors ’ interest in the discharge of patients with no fixed abode (NFA) arose through repeatedly seeing patients discharged back to the streets. In 2017, the Royal United Hospital (RUH) treated 155 separate individuals with NFA, making up 194 admissions. Given these numbers, the best practice according to Inclusion Health’s tiered approach to secondary care services suggests that the hospital should be providing a dedicated housing officer and a coordinated discharge pathway. As this is currently lacking, the purpose of this paper is to establish a Homeless Heal...
Source: Housing, Care and Support - February 15, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Homeless medical respite service provision in the UK
Housing, Care and Support, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the history and current state of provision of homeless medical respite services in the UK, drawing first on the international context. The paper then articulates the need for medical respite services in the UK, and profiles some success stories. The paper then outlines the considerable challenges that currently exist in the UK, considers why some other services have failed and proffers some solutions. Design/methodology/approach The paper is primarily a literature review, but also offers original analysis of data and interviews, and...
Source: Housing, Care and Support - December 31, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Hospital collaboration with a Housing First program to improve health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness
Housing, Care and Support, Ahead of Print. Purpose Homelessness is a colossal issue, precipitated by a wide array of social determinants, and mirrored in substantial health disparities and a revolving hospital door. Connecting people to safe and secure housing needs to be part of the health system response. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This mixed-methods paper presents emerging findings from the collaboration between an inner city hospital, a specialist homeless medicine GP service and Western Australia ’s inaugural Housing First collective impact project (50 Lives 50 Homes) in Pe...
Source: Housing, Care and Support - December 11, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Improving outcomes for homeless inpatients in mental health
Housing, Care and Support, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the delivery of the first clinically led, inter-professional Pathway Homeless team in a mental health trust, within the King ’s Health Partners hospitals in South London. The Kings Health Partners Pathway Homeless teams have been operating since January 2014 at Guy’s and St Thomas’ (GStT) and Kings College Hospital and expanded to the South London and Maudsley in 2015 as a charitable pilot, now continuing with short -term funding. Design/methodology/approach This paper outlines how the team delivered its key aim of improving...
Source: Housing, Care and Support - December 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Health, social care and housing: facing a wicked problem
Housing, Care and Support,Volume 21, Issue 3/4, Page 65-68, December 2018. (Source: Housing, Care and Support)
Source: Housing, Care and Support - December 4, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Partnership in action: forging a new approach
Housing, Care and Support, Ahead of Print. Purpose Professional partnerships between housing and health are not impossible, but they take time, commitment and dedicated strategic leadership. The language and culture of the two sectors are sometimes complex and do not always match. There can be issues understanding each other ’s motivation, ethics and terminology which can cause a barrier when working together. The purpose of this paper is to share the journey of how Wakefield District Housing (WDH) is working with the care and health sector to create sustainable partnerships that benefit both parties, getting to a sta g...
Source: Housing, Care and Support - November 15, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
