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OUR PROGRAMS

Recuperative Care

Medically fragile homeless men have an alternative to returning to the streets following discharge from an Atlanta-area hospital.
Mercy Care provides a 19-bed recuperative care unit at the Gateway Center staffed to provide assistance with daily recovery.
It is located two floors above the full-service Mercy Care clinic at the Gateway Center.

One and only Homey donations Value of Partnering

Recuperative Care is the only In May 2016, Recuperative Care Gateway Center is home to Austin
program of its kind in the greater moved from the second floor of Gilmore, a 59-year-old Recuperative
Atlanta area. In addition to healthy Gateway to a renovated space on Care and primary care patient who
meals and a clean temporary home the third floor. The new location was has battled cancer. Gilmore lost 200
in which to recover from an illness, made warm and homey thanks to his home and roofing company
staff facilitates appointments gently used furnishings donated by due to depression and addiction
with health providers, ensures Emory University, new paint, and after the death of his wife. He now referrals to Recuperative Care
patients are taking and tolerating attractive decor provided by WINGS is rebuilding his life as a resident
medication, and catch potential for Mercy Care. Gateway is a perfect assistant at Gateway which works 107
complications quickly. They also location to heal with Mercy Care’s closely with Georgia Works to
educate and help with mental health newly expanded primary medical help homeless men achieve self- admissions
or addiction issues. As a result, more care clinic, which also offers dental sufficiency. Georgia Works helps
than 65% of patients are housed care, behavioral health and case men committed to starting over get 40
after discharge. management, just two floors below. a full-time job, transportation and
permanent housing within a year. days average
Right care, right place length of stay

At 68 years old, Bond Okoro, who is homeless, has had two stays in Recuperative Care. First, following a hospital stay 70
for prostate surgery, and again after a visit to Mercy Care’s primary care clinic at Gateway revealed dangerously high
blood pressure as well as high blood sugar and cholesterol levels. At Mercy Care, he found a healing place to stay and a discharged to housing
support network. Okoro stayed out of the hospital, is healthy and back to work. or to the care of family

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