Fact Sheets for Homelessness Sector
Information for service providers and people experiencing homelessness during COVID-19
Specific resources created by UWA with support from the Department of Health (2020)
- COVID-19 Guidelines for Western Australian Homelessness Sector – from Department of Health
- COVID-19 FAQs for PPE use for workers in community settings – from Department of Health
- 06.05.20 – FAQs For homelessness services with shared or congregate living settings – Issue 2
- 28.04.20 – FAQs For homelessness services with shared or congregate living settings – Issue 1 (Version 3)
- 19.04.20 – Coronavirus fact sheet for people experiencing homelessness V3 (Homeless Healthcare and UWA)
- 17.04.20 – COVID-19 Harm minimisation advice for people who use alcohol and other drugs
- 09.04.20 – COVID-19 Homelessness Response. Homeless Healthcare and Home2Health
- 25.03.20 – COVID-19 and Homelessness Webinar. Associate Professor Lisa Wood and Dr Andrew Davies
- 16.03.20 – Letter to the Editor – The Medical Journal of Australia – COVID-19 precautions – easier said than done when patients are homeless
Other helpful resources
- 16.03.21 – COVID-19 information for aged care and community care providers
- 23.02.21 – How do the COVID-19 vaccines work? | Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF)
- 02.02.21 – COVID-19 Coronavirus: Lockdown information in other languages
- 08.04.20 – Australian Alliance to End Homelessness Rough Sleeping Responses to COVID-19 Forum
- 03.04.20 – Homelessness and COVID-19 Centre for Social Impact
- 20.03.20 – Coronavirus and Homelessness – National Alliance to End Homelessness
- 11.03.20 – COVID-19: a potential public health problem for homeless populations – Thelancet.com
We need your help
This situation is new to all of us and it is changing rapidly. If you have any information that you believe would be worthwhile sharing with the wider community please send it through to shelterwa@shelterwa.org.au for us to place here on the website.
Questions
If you have any questions in terms of services delivery or continuation that have not been addressed above please send them through to shelterwa@shelterwa.org.au and we will ensure that they are included in the conversations.
