'I’d be dead without it': Why doctors are prescribing housing as health care

Some doctors in Portland, Ore., are offering housing as basic medical care for people living on the streets. Their treatment plan invests in getting people into their own homes, and it's saving lives.
#portland #housing #healthcare
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[@shari9721]

YES , housing first , then start working on the rest of the issues .

[@Justbiina]

Why am I crying? God bless this Doctor for his kindness.

[@firesidethewater]

This is amazing. The world needs more of this - instead of looking down on people, offering them a hand up. 💛

[@djayjp]

Also should prescribe psychotherapy, life skills coaching & support, substance abuse treatment, and safe supply of drugs.

[@lisbetsoda4874]

Cause they are all messed up.

[@zabmcauley5647]

Without housing getting treatment is almost impossible. This program does offer treatment.

[@nickpayne1641]

Or we could try to get more lead in their diet.

[@dfoxtrot724]

Dignity, a place to call home and people who care. This gives me hope for our less fortunate. I think this is Finland's model and it's been very successful.

[@donna2267]

Oh, that is in the USA, sure be a good thing for here in Canada too. 🤔🙏✝️😌😉

[@francesbernard2445]

Do some doctors from that one kind of specialty here in Edmonton, Alberta Canada along with divorce lawyers and all of those divorce lawyer relatives too being employed to give their opinions about the same get to arbitrarily decide where some of their former patients should be housed here in Edmonton?

[@spammerscammer]

I swear if I just quit my job and sold my house and spent all my equity on meth Id finally start getting appreciated by my goverment.

[@djayjp]

It's actually cheaper for the government to spend a little money on these programs than to constantly be dealing with the other issues consequential to homelessness and substance abuse and mental illness.

[@alexyoung4052]

Especially once you can spell government

[@MegsCarpentry-lovedogs]

@@alexyoung4052 Alex, please be kind. You do not know what others are going through. I felt hurt and sadness from your comment. 😔🇨🇦

[@duffbaker9554]

@@alexyoung4052 You're one to speak. Please focus on your punctuation as well as sentence formation. Class dismissed..

[@bootsiemon]