Christ House

About

Providing Healthcare for the Homeless of Washington DC Since 1985

Story

Patients are admitted to Christ House from area hospitals, shelters, clinics, and medical outreach projects. They suffer from a variety of illnesses and injuries including cancer, hypertension and stroke, liver disease, kidney failure, diabetes and related amputations, HIV/AIDS, respiratory disease, major lacerations, fractures, and ulcerations of the skin. Many are malnourished, anemic, depressed, and desperately disconnected from healthy sources of support.

In 2010, Christ House provided health care to 261 homeless individuals and provided 10,407 patient-days of care – the busiest we have been since 1997. In addition to the primary illness(es) for which they were admitted, 87.4 percent had either HIV, drugs or alcohol addiction, or psychiatric illness, and over 25 percent had three of those diagnoses.

Patient Stats for 2010:
77% of our patients were African American
65% were over the age of 50
10% were veterans of the armed forces
58% had no income
62 % had monthly income under $250

To learn more about Christ House, visit our website.

Mission

The mission of Christ House is to provide comprehensive health care to sick, homeless men from the District of Columbia, and to assist them in addressing critical issues to help break the cycle of homelessness.