A Vivid Example of the Importance of Home Visitor Programs

While preparing for my part of a program this week in England on comparative social care policies, I was encouraged to look at a visiting health services  program in New York City, under the supervision of the Mount Sinai Health System.  Karen Miller, a lawyer and former New York administrative judge who now lives in Florida, told me how helpful it had been to have the assistance of a Mount Sinai social worker to coordinate medication, treatment and doctor’s visits for her elderly aunt in New York City. 

Reading about the Mt. Sinai program, in turn, lead me to a short and very moving essay by David Muller, M.D., a physician and Dean for Medical Education at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, based on his home visit in “Haiti.” 

Make sure you read your way to page two….the message is eye-opening.