Offering supportive housing using rent supplements and case management services helped homeless adults with mental illness stay housed, a new study shows. However, these additional services did not improve their quality of life determined by a health questionnaire assessing mobility, pain, anxiety/depression and self-care.
Researchers followed 1,198 homeless adults with mental illnesses in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal.
They conclude that supportive housing and case management service can reduce homelessness, and that additional services from psychiatrist and nurses should be provided to homeless adults with severe mental illness.
Original research paper published in JAMA on March 3, 2015.
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