Pilot program seeks to fill the final days of 140 unhoused patients’ lives with comfort and dignity.
A new program from the Providence TrinityCare Hospice Foundation seeks to change the end-of-life experience for unhoused individuals from a painful and lonely process to a dying in comfort and peace.
“For them to die with the peace of mind that they’re going to be able to stay where they are and they’re going to be cared for no matter what happens, I think completely changes the way that they can experience their own end of life.” It can be a struggle to get in contact with patients, to ensure they are following medical instructions, to transport them to follow-up appointments and to provide access to medication – in addition to the fact that homelessness itself often causes or exacerbates health concerns, she said.
“There’s so many challenges to taking care of patients who are not permanently housed,” Meier said. “This program is completely a game changer.”
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