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Bobbi Six first heard of medical respite care after learning that hospitals in Oklahoma were sometimes discharging people experiencing homelessness back to the streets or to shelters after they received services.

At the time, Six, who is also a registered nurse, was serving as a public health official with the Oklahoma State Department of Health. She began helping coordinate efforts to address the growing number of people who were discharged after seeking care at a hospital but had nowhere else to go to continue recovering.

Now, Six will lead a new medical respite facility in Oklahoma City intended to care for people who are discharged from the hospital but are still too sick for the city’s already strained shelters. 

“This is a population that I feel is just very marginalized and has so many vulnerabilities,” Six said. With her background, Six said she’s been able to see the challenges to addressing this issue. “Both the hospitals and the shelters end up with these just really tough situations where hospitals aren’t meant to hold these individuals until they recover, and shelters don’t have the ability to provide the care that they need.”

Six will act as the senior director of medical respite for City Care, one of Oklahoma City’s longtime service providers for individuals experiencing homelessness.

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• OU football falls to No. 6 in AP poll ahead of Texas game (News 9)

• Why OU football is preparing for Michael Hawkins Jr., not John Mateer, to start vs Texas (The Oklahoman)

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