Nursing and Homelessness: Factors, Community Programs, and Healthcare Concerns
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This article discusses the factors contributing to homelessness in those with mental disabilities, community programs available for homeless clients, and healthcare concerns of homeless mentally ill individuals.
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1NURSING 1. a. Home is the place where members of the family live in harmony with each other in a safe environment. I value family bonding the most about my home. b. In case I did not have a home I would turn to a shelter home supported by the government that aids homeless individuals. c. In my perceptions, people who are homeless are to be supported to regain their lost values and enable them to lead a healthy lifestyle. Those who are homeless are victims of poor social and economic conditions in my opinion. 2. a. The factors that contribute to homelessness in those who are mentally are disabling functional deficits such as lack of problem-solving skills, disorganized thinking and depression. Other factors include lack of an effective mentalhealth care system, past experiences of physical abuse and substance abuse (Stergiopoulos et al. 2015). b. The community programs available for homeless clients in my area focus on development of varied skills in the individuals are providing them with opportunities to promote their social status. By guiding them and providing them financial support, they are helped to get back to normal lifestyle. 3. a.Currentmentalhealthlawsareinadequateanddonotprovidethemosttherapeutic environment for people with mental illness since the needs of the individuals are evolving at the contemporary era. The mental healthcare workforce is acknowledging its shortage and therefore incapability to address the increasing needs of the clients. In opposition it can be said that the mental health laws that been considerate in including advanced technologies for mental health care services. b. The major barriers that prevent homeless individuals from receiving care are discrimination and prejudice, lack of coordination among services and challenges in acquiring health insurance. It is known that homeless mental health patients experience extensive discrimination and are not integratedintothemainstreamsociety.Theyarethereforedeprivedofsafeandsecure environment within which they can receive services. Service providers at times are incapable of coordinating services that can address the comprehensive needs of the client, thereby limiting access to care. Lastly, regulatory requirements restrain clients from receiving services under a systematic process (Priester et al. 2016). c.Some specific healthcare concerns of homeless mentally ill individuals include malnutrition, parasiticinfestations,degenerativejointdiseases,dentalandperiodontaldisease,hepatic cirrhosis, venereal diseases, alcoholism, and infectious hepatitis (Corrigan et al. 2015).
2NURSING References Corrigan, P., Pickett, S., Kraus, D., Burks, R. and Schmidt, A., 2015. Community-based participatory research examining the health care needs of African Americans who are homeless with mental illness.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved,26(1), p.119. Priester, M.A., Browne, T., Iachini, A., Clone, S., DeHart, D. and Seay, K.D., 2016. Treatment access barriers and disparities among individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders: an integrative literature review.Journal of substance abuse treatment,61, pp.47- 59. Stergiopoulos, V., Hwang, S.W., Gozdzik, A., Nisenbaum, R., Latimer, E., Rabouin, D., Adair, C.E., Bourque, J., Connelly, J., Frankish, J. and Katz, L.Y., 2015. Effect of scattered-site housing using rent supplements and intensive case management on housing stability among homeless adults with mental illness: a randomized trial.Jama,313(9), pp.905-915.