Los Angeles County is using occupational therapists to help formerly homeless residents with disabilities transition to permanent supportive housing and develop skills to live indoors, preventing evictions and returns to homelessness.
Unsheltered homelessness continues to rise and largely contributes to the increasing numbers of those experiencing homelessness. Street medicine aims to meet individuals wherever they may be living, addressing pressing social needs while treating their medical conditions.
It was the combined frustration of two health professionals, Dr. Lotte Marcus, a clinical psychologist, and Dr. Gerard Lehrer, a neurologist, and their patients and clients, that provided the momentum for a vital organization that facilitates access to medical services for those with MS.