By Diana Freeman
Providence is in need of a respite care facility. If a homeless person has surgery they will be discharged from the hospital, sometimes the next day, with nowhere to recuperate. Could you imagine walking seven to ten blocks for breakfast or walking the streets of Providence all day, carrying a backpack? Stitches “pop open,” causing infection, which may sometimes lead to another hospital stay. With no insurance, this costs tax payers even more money. A respite care facility would allow the homeless person to sit and prop up a broken foot or to walk the halls to gain strength or to make someone in the medical field change a bandage in a sterile environment. These people need compassion in a time of recovery.
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