Disabled and Denver Rescue Mission. While at the Denver Rescue Mission Respite Program run by the Colation for the Homeless I slipped and fell while getting from my bed into my wheelchair. All I had asked for was a simple non-slip mat by my bed.
Both the Rescue Mission and the Coalition had asked if there were any safety issues that needed to be addressed. I told them about the mat, but nothing came.
Then I feel on the slippery tile floor. I hit my head on the hard concrete floor along with the rest of my left side. My clavicle was broken and a few days latter I began to loose vision in my left eye.
It was during this time when I spent three weeks in the hospital that some of my only belongings were lost or destroyed by them.
To there credit they have found some items, but not others which include my $8,000 breathing support system which they are still trying to locate, but there are still clothes that I need. I'm left without nothing. No place to live, very few clothes. I'm also left with expensed and needs I did not have prior to my injury.
All I ask for is to make things right. I do have visual problems in my left eye which leave me completely unable to walk when I could a few feet before.
This may or may not be a life time injury, but right now I sit in a rehabilitation facility dealing with the impact on my vision. Everyday that they do not help more personal needs and limitations come to light.
All I asked for is a small no slip mat like the ones found in most bathrooms. Not much just a mat. And now I may have a life time of visual limitations.
I'm not looking for some ridiculous legal settlement, but just to make things right so I can function. That's all, nothing more.
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- EIN 84-0951575
- (303) 293-2217
- 2111 Champa St Denver CO 80205 USA
- www.coloradocoalition.org
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Causes: Homeless & Housing, Homeless Centers, Human Services
Mission: The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for homeless and at-risk families, children, and individuals throughout colorado. The coalition advocates for and provides a continuum of permanent and transitional housing, health care, and a variety of support services. The coalition's comprehensive approach addresses the causes of homelessness, as well as the consequences, offering critical assistance to over 15,000 individuals and families each year.
Programs: Healthcare: the coalition's stout street clinic has been delivering healthcare for the homeless in downtown denver for 29 years. Medical and mental healthcare services are provided to more than 13,000 men women and children each year, ranging in age from infancy to those over 85. Comprehensive primary and preventive care services include medical exams, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illness, health maintenance, pre- and post-natal, gynecological services, family planning, immunizations, tb testing and health education. See schedule o for additional healthcare services.
housing services: the coalition provides a wide range of critical housing services including shelter placement, 24 months of service-enriched transitional and permanent supportive housing, children's programs, and welfare-to-work programs. The coalition has also adopted an approach called "housing first" which is designed to help chronically homeless individuals move immediately off the streets or out of the shelter system. The approach includes crisis intervention, rapid access to housing, follow-up case management and therapeutic support services to prevent the recurrence of homelessness. See schedule o for additional housing services.
education & advocacy: the coalition's education and advocacy program seeks to raise public awareness of homelessness and to advocate for public policies to prevent and end homelessness. Through web-based outreach and information exchange, statewide educational conferences, local community forums, grass-roots efforts, media relations, speakers, bureau programs and political advocacy, the coalition works to foster long-term strategies to end homelessness through coordinated systems that increase the supply of affordable and supportive housing, livable incomes, and access to health, mental health and substance treatment services for the most vulnerable citizens.