The Sutter Delta Blog http://sutterdeltamedicalcenter.posterous.com on Posterous posterous.com Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:00:00 -0700 Sutter Delta Medical Center Helps Support Respite Center for Area Homeless http://sutterdeltamedicalcenter.posterous.com/sutter-delta-medical-center-helps-support-res http://sutterdeltamedicalcenter.posterous.com/sutter-delta-medical-center-helps-support-res  

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After a hospital stay or E.D. visit, many patients need some time to recover at home, but that’s not an option for the homeless. To provide Contra Costa’s homeless that have minor continuing medical care needs after an admission with a safe place to recover, Contra Costa County has opened a respite center.

“The Philip Dorn Respite Center will give as many as 380 people a year a place to safely rest and recover,” says Sutter Delta CEO Gary Rapaport. “It will serve as a resource to area hospitals by acting as a step-down facility for patients that are ready to be discharged from acute care but still need some minor medical attention.”

Sutter Delta has committed $30,000 to the center over the next two years.

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