Medical respite offers refuge for homeless people recovering from illness

Henry Jones, who kept getting sicker after 11 years of homelessness, was admitted in 1991 into Christ House, one of the first medical respite programs in the country.

A growing number of private insurance companies are starting to invest in medical respite — a decades-old way of caring for homeless people. Here’s what’s driving the trend.

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