10/24/24 Grand Rounds

Jasper Frank, MPP
Senior Director, Population Health, Boston Medical Center

Eileen O’Brien, BA, M.Div.
Director of Housing Services, Boston Medical Center

Meagan Hickey, LICSW
Clinical Director, The Living Well at Home Program, Boston Medical Center

David Robinson, MCP
Senior Manager of Housing Operations and Strategy, Boston Medical Center

The Living Well at Home Program (LWAH) functions at Boston Medical Center’s housing department. Formerly known as Elders Living at Home, the LWAH case manager’s and social worker’s work incredibly hard to stabilize both BMC patients and members of the Greater Boston community in housing. During this presentation members of the LWAH leadership team will provide a brief overview of what mental illness and medical conditions sometimes look like for Boston’s unstably housed residents and explain what the LWAH Program does and how to refer clients. We will share how stable housing has the ability to impact utilization of inpatient and emergency services.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the process to refer eligible patients to BMC’s Living Well at Home Program.

2. Recognize how housing is associated with reduced behavioral health admissions.

3. Identify common psychiatric diagnoses among individuals experiencing housing instability.