Will Nebbitt lives on the 5th floor of a new downtown apartment building. From his window, he has a panoramic view of the Los Angeles skyline. He can also see Skid Row, where he spent decades sleeping on the ground.
Nebbitt, 58, says his body can’t handle life outside anymore. He has a seizure disorder, heart disease and depression. He’s had four operations, including bypass surgery on his leg in March.
“I am too old and sick to be back out there on the streets,” he said. “It kind of takes a toll on a person.”
Health officials handpicked him and about 100 other ill homeless residents to live in the Star Apartments, a sleek white building with a medical clinic on the bottom floor. The apartments are part of a multimillion dollar experiment: Using county health care dollars to house people who are chronically homeless.
[For more of this story, written by Anna Gorman, go to http://khn.org/news/california...ment-in-health-care/]
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