Food, Nutrition and Homelessness
Good nutrition plays an important role in improving overall health and well-being for all. People who are homeless struggle to access the food and nutritional support they need, and this…
Enteral to Oral Nutrition Programme
Living well in older age in the community: research into nurse-led interventions
…intakes of protein and fibre. High confidence in delivering nutritional advice contrasted with uncertainty around some aspects of nutritional knowledge, suggesting opportunities to improve training on the nutritional needs of…
Partnership Working around the Identification and Management of People with Diabetes
…The Diabetes Specialist Dietician, after reviewing the information available from Diabetes UK regarding nutrition for people experiencing homelessness, will also deliver a nutrition advice session to support the champions. Podiatry…
#HealthFirst – Health is the Foundation for moving out of Homelessness
…care they need, ultimately moving people out of homelessness. Homelessness and Health Inequalities The level of recent media attention on homelessness and early preventable deaths will have not escaped many…
Objectified: an Investigation into Homelessness, Health and Dehumanised Perception
…for people affected by homelessness. Jessica Turtle Co-founder, Museum of Homelessness Follow Museum of Homelessness on Twitter: @Our_MoH Photo by Joel Fildes of Objectified at Manchester Art Gallery. ||…
GP-led outreach vaccination event for people with complex needs and those experiencing homelessness in Plymouth
Homelessness is a marker of our increasingly unequal society. An investigation by Shelter found that 700 people were homeless in Plymouth in 2018 (Plymouth News, Nov 2018), and there are…
Working with families who are experiencing homelessness
…Tackling the crisis of family homelessness in England. Crisis (2019) The Homelessness Monitor: England 2019 Shelter (2016) Home and away: The rise in homeless families moved away from their local…
Case Study of an Integrated Homelessness Mental Health Practitioner
…arranged an appointment for him at the homelessness advice centre the next morning. They helped re-sort out his benefits, gave him a food parcel, and accessed him for some funding…
What opportunities do nursing students have to learn about health and homelessness?
Where you live is one of the biggest influencing factors on how healthy you are. In the UK, a person experiencing homelessness has a life expectancy around 30 years below…