HSH partnered with TNDC and Cardea Health, Oakland-based at-home health-care company that aims to provide an alternative for those who are elderly or “medically fragile” to having to go into nursing homes and similar facilities under the California Home and Community-Based Alternatives Waiver. The waiver enables Medi-Cal recipients with sufficiently severe conditions to qualify for at-home care services as an alternative to a nursing home.
“As folks are coming through coordinated entry, there’s a special team with the Department of Public Health that will identify potential tenants — all with experiences of chronic homelessness, but also very complex medical and behavioral health needs,” Katie Bouche, the support services manager for the SRO portfolio at TNDC told SF Examiner, “Because of this population, we know the need is there.”
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