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Intellectual disability and mortality among Dutch homeless people: efforts and lessons of the Netherlands Streetdoctors Group 12 th International Street Medicine Symposium Geneva, 21 October 2016 Igor van Laere, MD PhD Michiel Vermaak, MD Marcel Slockers, MD

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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

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Intellectual disability in

homeless people in the

Netherlands

Michiel Vermaak, MD

Michiel Vermaak, MD

Intellectual Disability Physician

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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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

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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

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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

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Intellectual Disability (ID) prevalence?

▪General Dutch population 0,7%

▪ Homeless populations ▪ Few studies available USA and UK

▪ Small groups

▪Cognitive impairment 12-40%

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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

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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

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Havenzicht Shelter Rotterdam

• 42 shelter beds

• 20 nursing beds

• 17 residential

apartments

• 297 new facility users in

2015

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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%)

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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

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Tools

Scil

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Tools

Moca

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Tools

www.mocatest.org

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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

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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.

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Twitter

@ArtsVG

uuueeehhhm … an Intellectual Disability Physician?

What do you see?

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Mortality among the homeless in

the Netherlands

Not an easy life; not an easy

death?

Marcel Slockers

General practioner and streetdoctor

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▪ 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?

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1940 bombing Rotterdam

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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

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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

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Difference in remaining life

expectancy

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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?

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No changes in mortality rate since

2006

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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

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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

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Proportion of deaths by cause of death in a dutch

homeless cohorrt 2001-2010

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Homeless deaths by injury

▪ 13% intentional; murder, suicide

▪ 7% unintentional; traffic trauma

▪ 6% accidental poisoning, drug overdose

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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Netherlands Streetdoctors Group

Activities

▪ Igor van Laere MD PhD

▪ The results and effects of a national

network of homeless healthcare workers

▪ www.doctorsforhomeless.org

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Operation Safety Net, Pittsburgh 2007

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9th International street medicine symposium Boston USA 25 October 2013

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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

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10th International Street Medicine Symposium Dublin Ireland, October 2014

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Centre de l’Esperance Geneve, Switzerland

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See you in Rotterdam in 2018