Cardea Health: connecting marginalized populations to
clinical care and supportive
services.
Cardea Health is nonprofit healthcare organization that helps marginalized communities improve their health, remain stably housed in their community, and age in place. Cardea Health’s programs fill a critical – and growing – gap in the system of care.
Project Homekey
Lake Merritt Lodge
Fairmont Respite
Eddie's Place
OUR PROGRAMS
Our Work
Cardea Health operates multiple programs targeting individuals who have experienced chronic homelessness and complex illness. We aim to develop a continuum of care that supports each client with the appropriate level of care and support they require to become safely and stably housed in the community.
Kelly Cullen Community
KNOW ABOUT US
Compassionate Care for Vulnerable Populations
Among people experiencing homelessness, a growing number are living with complex medical needs. They face poor quality of life, increased morbidity and mortality, and medical and social destabilization. But they have few housing options: they need a higher level of care than what is offered through permanent supportive housing, but they do not wish to live in an institutional setting and have limited access to hospice or palliative care.
Cardea Health specifically targets this vulnerable population, providing a range of clinical services within permanent supportive housing sites to both address their medical needs and allow them to live independently in their communities, addressing a critical need within the system of care.