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The National Institute for Medical Respite Care is a special initiative of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council.
The National Institute for Medical Respite Care is a special initiative of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council.

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National Institute for Medical Respite Care:

Creating Places to Heal

National Institute for Medical Respite Care: Creating Places to Heal

The National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC) is the first national institute to advance best practices, expert services, and state-of-the-field knowledge in medical respite care (also known as recuperative care). Internal staff, consultants, and consulting teams address a range of principles and practices in creating or expanding medical respite care programs.

NIMRC Announces Call for Affiliate Consultants

NIMRC Open Positions:

Medical Respite Manager

Medical Respite Manager

NIMRC offers a broad range of services. Click on a subject below to hear more; you may also read about our services here.

What is Medical Respite Care?

Medical respite care is acute and post-acute care for people experiencing homelessness who are not ill enough to remain in a hospital but are too ill to recover on the streets.

What’s New

NIMRC is 2 Years Old!

In July of 2022, we mark the 2-year anniversary of the launch of The National Institute for Medical Respite Care an initiative of The National Health Care for the Homeless Council. Take a look at what we’ve done so far and look forward to doing in the future.

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New Learning Courses

The National Institute for Medical Respite is pleased to announce our new Learning Portal. You will need to log in and this will allow keeping track of where you’re at in a course and which courses you’ve completed

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New report: Promising Practices

Providing Behavioral Health Care in a Medical Respite Setting. This new resource highlights innovative and replicable strategies for meeting the behavioral health needs of consumers in medical respite programs.

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Partnership Advances Medical Respite

Leading Health Care Organizations Form Unique Collaboration to Support Recuperative Care for People Experiencing Homelessness in California

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