As Dallas County experiences a record number of people living on the streets, the 'Health to Home' 24-month pilot program is aimed at ending the cycle of.
Dallas man ends up losing legs due to frostbite from historic winter storm
KTVT via CNN
Steven Brown lost his legs to frostbite.
DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) After three days of repeated power outages at his aunt’s Dallas home back during February’s arctic storm, Steven Brown noticed something was very wrong with his legs.
“My feet had swelled up on me,” he recalled. “I couldn’t walk normal. My ankles locked up to the point where I couldn’t bend my knees or stand up no more.”
A relative took the 23-year-old to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where Brown learned he had suffered frostbite to his legs and had a blood infection. After three days of hospitalization, he was presented with two choices – either a long, complicated recovery filled with many uncertainties or amputation.
Texas Health, Austin Street Shelter, and CitySquare Partner to Reduce Homelessness
The program will provide medical care to shelter residents and set them up for future permanent housing.
By Will Maddox
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Healthcare Business
January 6, 2021
11:00 am
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas is partnering with Austin Street Center and CitySquare to provide short-term respite care for those with medical and behavioral health problems that have been treated at Texas Health Dallas.
The 24-month pilot program, called Health to Home, launched this fall and is meant to break the cycle of homelessness of those with chronic issues.
Individuals experiencing homelessness are often frequent visitors to the emergency room, which is the most expensive portion of the healthcare society. Without housing, it can be difficult to maintain physical and mental health. The readmission rate for homeless patients is 40 percent, and between 2017 and 2018, 11,500 patients experiencing h