LAT: After the hospital, a haven for homeless patients to recuperate

[DBoon]

Opened 10 months ago by the nonprofit Illumination Foundation, the Recuperative Care Center has 20 motel beds where homeless patients with acute illnesses or injuries recover after being released from local hospitals.

The program and others like it dramatically reduce costly hospital stays and emergency room visits — often funded by taxpayers — and give hospitals a place to safely release patients without leaving them on the streets.

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Recuperative, or respite, care started more than 25 years ago but has grown in recent years. There are 57 programs nationwide and more are expected in coming years. The Obama administration has cited the centers as a critical part of the strategy to reduce homelessness. The programs also deliver services for less money — a major goal of healthcare reform.

http://www.latimes.com/health/healthcare/la-me-homeless-care-20110828,0,1806306.story

This is why we are Democrats.

[ClarkUSA]

1. That is why President Obama is a liberal Democrat.

We can kiss this goodbye under a Republican POTUS.

[enlightenment]

3. Do a little research - many of these facilities

opened their doors during a Republican administration.

ClarkUSA - finding and posting that information took me five minutes.

http://www.homelessrespite.org/
This place opened in 2003 . . . who was President?

http://www.gracehill.org/content/Homeless-Services.php
This place opened in 1987 . . . who was President?

http://www.bhchp.org/history.htm
This place opened in 1985 . . . who was President?

What these places do is wonderful - but it's non-political. Not every bad thing happens under Republicans and not every good thing happens under Democrats.

[ClarkUSA]

5. Get a clue... that was then. A Teabagger POTUS will have no mercy or compassion for poor folks.

But he will want to tax them!

[Tx4obama]

2. K&R n/t

[murielm99]

4. Many people, not homeless, go to nursing homes

for recuperative care. They cannot go home if they live alone, or they need intermediate care before going home.

It is a shame that everyone can't do this, insured or not, homeless or not.