ER program for homeless patients in mental distress offers special care, a chance at housing (ocregister.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) 8/23/1811:33 PM

The man came into the emergency room at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange on a busy evening, in the throes of a full-blown panic attack.

He was delirious and suicidal. Homeless at 60, he had a long history of Parkinson’s disease. But his main issue was the state of his mental health.

He was fortunate to be at St. Joseph.

It meant he didn’t sit in a chair for long hours wrestling with his demons inside a crowded waiting room. He wasn’t put on a gurney and parked in a busy hallway inside the noisy ER, or left to linger in a bed that could be occupied by a patient in need of medical treatment.

To read more of Theresa Walker's article, please click here.

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