Recuperative Care:
Where the unhoused heal

Living on the streets is a struggle. For food. For shelter. For safety. Now imagine what happens when an unhoused individual needs surgery or is discharged from a hospital; where can they find a safe place to recover?

Recuperative Care is one of the Community Supports that CenCal Health offers members under CalAIM. Community-based organizations offering Recuperative Care beds provide a stable, clean place for people experiencing homelessness to receive medical care coordination following a hospitalization or physical illness or injury. These programs also provide an opportunity to connect members with support services and transitional housing.

A key benefit to Recuperative Care programs is that they ease the burden on local hospitals, emergency rooms, and law enforcement. By addressing members’ medical needs before they become urgent or recurrent, Recuperative Care reduces the dependence on unnecessary emergency room visits and lessens the likelihood of hospital re-admission following a discharge.

The following video spotlights the way a local Recuperative Care program changed the life of James, a CenCal Health member who suffered from chronic pain from a fixable condition for years, coupled with challenges with substance abuse and homelessness, before receiving much-needed help.  

Click here to learn more about Recuperative Care.