George is a 48 year old Indigenous man with end stage liver disease. He was orphaned at eight years of age and had a difficult childhood

    April 21, 2024

50. George is a 48 year old Indigenous man with end stage liver disease. He was orphaned at eight years of age and had a difficult childhood. He has “lived rough” from a young teen to now, is homeless and has alcohol addiction. He has two grown children with whom he has limited contact. He moves from shelters to friends to outside living situations, getting food from charitable kitchens and the food bank or from panhandling. He does not want to stay in hospital but die “at home”. Home care typically cannot accept a referral when the client does not have a fixed address. A home care team is starting an initiative to provide palliative services for homeless or under- housed persons and agree to work on this situation. A care coordinator is assigned to work with George and his care providers to find a way for him to be out of hospital and have some quality of life for his remaining time. What community supports would be essential to enable George to have a stable environment to meet his goal of dying “at home?” a. Income support through a welfare benefit. b. Housing supports that are harm-reduction focused. c.

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