Transcript RUAH WACOSS Presentationx

The Serendipity of Collaboration
Unexpected opportunities
The Challenges of Collaboration
50 Lives 50 Homes Project Partners and Supporters
Centrelink Community Team
City of Perth
City of Vincent
Department for Child Protection and Family Support
Housing Authority
Mobile Clinical Outreach Team
Town of Victoria Park
WA Police
50 Lives 50 Homes Steering
Group
Ruah
Community
Services
Lead Agency
50 Lives 50 Homes
Project Manager
Project Coordinator
50 Lives 50 Homes
Rough Sleepers
Working Group
50 Lives 50
Homes
Youth Working
Group
50 Lives 50
Homes
Aboriginal
Working Group
50 Lives 50
Homes
Families
Working Group
50 Lives 50
Homes
Housing
Working Group
50 Lives 50 Homes
Rockingham/Kwinana
Working Group
50 Lives 50 Homes
50 Lives 50 Homes
Resources
Working Group
VI SPDAT Score
under 10 Working
Group
After Hours Support Service
• Collaboration with Homeless Healthcare.
• Nurse and Case Worker: 7 nights a week from 5pm to 11pm.
• Case Worker and Support Worker: weekends and public holidays from
10am to 2pm.
• Eligibility Criteria: specifically for 50 Lives 50 Homes clients.
I only deal in healthcare:
• BUT……..
Dr. Andrew P Davies MBBS FRACGP
Life Expectancy
Average Australian lives to
approximately 80 years old
BUT…..
Homeless People are only
expected to live to 45.
Health
Health characterized by chronic,
complex, multimorbidity
Psychiatric
Drug and alcohol
Physical
Trauma related problems.
Service Utilization
Variety of reasons why homeless
people avoid dealing with health
problems early
6x Emergency Department
4x Hospital Admissions
3x Length of stay
Better way
Focus on improving access to
primary care.
However
Best prescription I could write for a
person is for a house.
Six People Have Been Housed