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Intellectual disability and mortality
among Dutch homeless people:
efforts and lessons of the
Netherlands Streetdoctors Group 12th International Street Medicine Symposium
Geneva, 21 October 2016
Igor van Laere, MD PhD
Michiel Vermaak, MD
Marcel Slockers, MD
Intellectual disability in
homeless people in the
Netherlands
Michiel Vermaak, MD
Michiel Vermaak, MD
Intellectual Disability Physician
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Intellectual Disability Physician
3 year residency
“local authority physician experienced with people with problems…”
Multiple disability patients
with profound intellectual disability (ID) to mild ID
Consultations ID-Physican
▪ Early ID detection in populations in contact
with the Police, Justice and Mental
Healthcare Institutions
▪ To prepare ID prisoners to return to society
▪ Early ID detection in homeless people and
support Shelter staff
Medical questions pertinent to the homeless are:
•To what extent is cognitive impairment present?
•How will persistent deficits impact upon social
function and reintegration?
Intellectual disability and Street Medicine Practice
Intellectual Disability (ID) prevalence?
▪General Dutch population 0,7%
▪ Homeless populations ▪ Few studies available USA and UK
▪ Small groups
▪Cognitive impairment 12-40%
Study ID prevalence in homeless people in the Netherlands
▪ Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht
▪ Barbara van Straaten, Plos One, January 2014
▪ Data collection July 2011-June 2012
▪ Hayes Ability Screening Index
▪ indication IQ<70
▪ N = 513
29,5% suspected ID
▪ Homeless people with ID are a vulnerable subgroup in the homeless population
▪Suspected ID (IQ < 70) were more likely male and
in the lowest education category and had more
general psychological distress, somatization,
depression and substance dependence. Van Straaten et al. PlosOne, 2014
Havenzicht Shelter Rotterdam
• 42 shelter beds
• 20 nursing beds
• 17 residential
apartments
• 297 new facility users in
2015
ID practice results 2015
▪ New registrations N=297
▪ SCIL tests N=145 (49%)
▪ Male N =134 (92%)
▪ Average age 39 years (23 - 64 years)
▪ Average Scil score 17,6
▪ Score <19 N=82 (57%)
▪ Validated Mild ID (<70!) N=37-55 (26-38%)
Shelter ID-practice
▪ In 2015 the SCIL test introduced
▪ Social workers trained
▪ All shelter users invited for a test
▪ ID Physician consultation available
▪ In depth IQ-test: Esseon-R or Vineland-Z
Tools
Scil
Tools
Moca
Tools
www.mocatest.org
ID-practice lessons
▪ SCIL test has been integrated in daily shelter routine
▪ Increased ID awareness among shelter staff
▪ Early detection of suspected ID
▪ Active involvement of ID physician at the shelter
▪ ID adjusted approach and communication by shelter staff
▪ Less violence and suspensions witnessed
▪ Implicatons for case management
Article 12
The right to aid in distresswhoever is in distress, and is not in a position to look after themselves, has the right to
help and assistance and also to benefit from the indispensable means for living a dignified human life.
@ArtsVG
uuueeehhhm … an Intellectual Disability Physician?
What do you see?
Mortality among the homeless in
the Netherlands
Not an easy life; not an easy
death?
Marcel Slockers
General practioner and streetdoctor
▪ prevalence mortality
▪ result improved living conditions since 2006
▪ reduction of deaths by injuries
▪ palliative care in a homeless nursery shelter
▪ conclusions
Mortality among the homeless in
the Netherlands
Not an easy life; not an easy
death?
1940 bombing Rotterdam
homeless adults 2001-2010
•the cohort of homeless adults in 2001
consisted of 1870 men and 260 women
•2130 persons
•with a mean age of 40.3 years
•during the 10-year of follow-up
265 persons (232 males and 33 females)
died
10 year follow -up
•Register-based 10-year follow-up study of
homeless in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
•The Participants are homeless adults
(18+),
•who visited one or more services for
homeless people Rotterdam in 2001
Difference in remaining life
expectancy
Social relief package for Dutch
homeless people since 2006
Social education training and rehabilitation
Individual or clustered supported housing
Healthcare support (mental + addictions)
Daytime activities / job guidance
No arrangements for physical healthcare?
No changes in mortality rate since
2006
success since 2006
•the safety index of the city rapidly improved,
reflecting reductions in violent crimes
•reduction of street use of illegal drugs, and
feelings of unsafety
•improved quality of life of all Rotterdam
citizens, including the (former) homeless
•75% decrease in tuberculosis incidence
among homeless persons has been observed
Rotterdam policy and homeless mortality
- In a homeless cohort, 5 years of local policy
efforts improved their living conditions
- mortality rates did not change
- Beneficial effects on causes of death
- Incomplete reach of our cohort
- Detection of risk factors and profiles
Proportion of deaths by cause of death in a dutch
homeless cohorrt 2001-2010
Homeless deaths by injury
▪ 13% intentional; murder, suicide
▪ 7% unintentional; traffic trauma
▪ 6% accidental poisoning, drug overdose
Both sexes combined.
Hazard Ratio. 2006-2010
vs 2001-2005 (CI)
P-
value
Injury 0.68 (0.41-1.12) 0.68
Cancer 0.51 (0.15-1.76) 0.50
Cardiovascular diseases 1.39 (0.81-2.39) 0.23
Infectious diseases 0.51 (0.15-1.76) 0.28
Respiratory diseases 0.84 (0.30-2.32) 0.73
Gastrointestinal disease 2.17 (0.78-6.07) 0.12
Psychiatric disorders 2.44 (0.66-9.09) 0.16
Other diseases 0.48 (0.24-0.99) 0.04*
Intentional injury 0.45 (0.20-0.98) 0.03*
Accidental poisoning 0.84 (0.32-2.19) 0.83
Other accidents 1.10 (0.42-2.90) 0.84
Mortality in homeless cohort after (2006-2010)vs
before (2001-2005) implenting social policy
measures
Palliative care for homeless people
extremely difficult
-Multiple admissions at multiple settings
-Frail physical condition
-Psychiatric disorders
-Substance abuse
-Intellectual disability
-Polypharmacy (van Laere et al, BMC HSR 2009; Slockers et al, Neth J Med 2015)
Shelter based convalescence and
palliative care
- Experienced team, nurses
- Complex health problems
- Palliative care consultation team
- Palliative sedation extremely difficult in
poly drug (opiate) users
Mortality lessons not an easy life not an easy death
Premature death females 16 years, males 14 years death by injury not 5% but 26%
After social relief investment injury-related deaths largely dropped hazard ratio 0,45 Uneasy life and death Palliative care team is highly needed Palliative sedation is a big challenge
Netherlands Streetdoctors Group
Activities
▪ Igor van Laere MD PhD
▪ The results and effects of a national
network of homeless healthcare workers
▪ www.doctorsforhomeless.org
Operation Safety Net, Pittsburgh 2007
9th International street medicine symposium Boston USA 25 October 2013
Netherlands Streetdoctors Group (NSG)
▪ Founded June 2014
▪ Executive part of the Doctors for Homeless
Foundation Amsterdam, est. 2008
▪ Point of contact and advice
▪ Sharing knowledge and experience
▪ Promoting education and research
▪ Promoting political awareness
▪ www.doctorsforhomeless.org
10th International Street Medicine Symposium Dublin Ireland, October 2014
NSG results June 2014 – Oct 2016
NSG activities June 2014- Oct 2016 Number
SYMPOSIUMS ORGANIZED Netherlands Streetdoctors Symposium
3
RESEARCH CONDUCTED Landscape national homeless healthcare
Alarm growing uninsured homeless
2
PUBLICATIONS Papers in medical journals, text book, reports,
columns and poster
20
EDUCATION Presentations at symposiums, workshops,
lectures
44
MEDIA Interviews TV, newspapers, magazines
12
POLITICS Chamber letters in National Parliament
Visits Ministry of Health
10
Develop and implement a model of social medical care for homeless people ▪ Middle sized city for pilot
▪ Stakeholders consent and cooperation
▪ Model building stones:
▪ Care team
▪ Care performance
▪ Care beyond office hours and in crisis
▪ Care and quality
▪ Input expertise (inter)national network
Conclusions
▪ High prevalence of intellectual disability and premature
mortality among the homeless in the Netherlands
▪ A national network of outreach street medicine
professionals has joined forces
▪ High output of sharing street medicine lessons
▪ High reach of stakeholders and policy makers
▪ Pilot to develop and implement a social medical care
model for the homeless in progress
Recommendations
▪ Introduce systematic ID-testing
▪ Focus on factors / profiles increased mortality risk
▪ Build and strengthen (inter)national networks of
street medicine professionals
▪ Start counting and collect simple data
▪ Promote education and research
▪ Reach out to policy makers to make a difference
Centre de l’Esperance Geneve, Switzerland
See you in Rotterdam in 2018
contact
▪Igor van Laere [email protected]
▪Michiel Vermaak [email protected]
▪Marcel Slokcers [email protected]
www.doctorsforhomeless.org