think-progress:The Best Health Plan For America’s Rapidly Aging Homeless? Housing.Rachel Solot
think-progress:The Best Health Plan For America’s Rapidly Aging Homeless? Housing.Rachel Solotaroff has treated homeless patients at her Portland, Oregon health clinic for nearly a decade. But only recently has she noticed an unsettling trend in the type of people seeking care.Last month, she met a man who had been sleeping on cement for so long that his metal hip replacement had begun to wear through the skin. Before that, she treated a struggling diabetic woman who had stopped taking her medicine because she had had no fridge to store it in. From dementia, to chronic heart disease, to arthritis, Solotaraff has become a first-hand witness to the dramatic aging of America’s homeless population. -- source link