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InterSectoral Action for Healthcare for the Homeless

Abe Oudshoorn, RN PhD Assistant Professor

School of Nursing, Western University

Homelessness and Health

Average age of Death

47

Open Health Care Doors

Emergency Rooms

Community Health Centres

Walk-in Clinics

Open Health Care Doors

Primary Care?

Social Determinants of Health

Silo’ed Systems

Health Care

Housing

Social Services (income support)

Silo’ed Sectors

Emergency Medicine

Primary Care • Community Health Centres

Mental Health

What Works for Homelessness?

Housing First

Housing First Success

London CAReS

What Works for Health?

Mobile Services

Integrated Services

Harm Reduction

Specialized Workers

Who owns this?

Primary Care

CHC

FHT/FHN/FHO

Solo Practice

What it Requires

Team

Team

Team

Team

Team

Team

Team Components

Housing

Income

Mental Health

Addictions

Physical Health

Policy Support

Incentivized Interdisciplinary Teams

Adequate Income

Integrated Health Records

Mobile Care

(Adequate Income)

Mobile Care

24/7, mobile, primary care?

Integrated Health and Housing

Municipal Policy

Can we Change the Graph?

Connect With Me

• aoudsho@uwo.ca • www.abeoudshoorn.com/blog • @abeoudshoorn