SUMMER 2025
From Houselessness to Healing: A Couple’s Journey Through BCN’s Comprehensive Care Each year, Bluegrass Care Navigators provides compassionate
Though the crisis ended, our care continued. We helped the
care to thousands of seriously ill and vulnerable individuals. With
couple enroll in Bluegrass PACE Care, a program for seniors
philanthropic support from grantors, donors, and community
55+ that is fully covered for those with Medicare and Medicaid
partners, we connect people with the right care at the right time.
or Medicaid only. It offers medical and personal care, meals,
One example is our Winter Weather Medical Respite Program,
social activities, and transportation to the PACE Center and
which supports unhoused seniors and adults with disabilities—
medical appointments.
like Janice and Herb, who had nowhere else to turn.
“We support individuals across the continuum of care,”
Janice and Herb faced serious health challenges and had lost their temporary housing, car, and savings. Unable to access emergency shelters, they faced food insecurity and isolation. Janice and Herb were referred to BCN’s Winter Weather Medical Respite program, which quickly secured a hotel
says Jamie Cody, Transitions Program Manager at
Bluegrass Care Navigators. “We meet their initial needs
and connect them to resources that honor their humanity, help them navigate healthcare, and ensure dignity
throughout their lives.”
stay, delivered groceries, and began to address their medical
From immediate housing to long-term healthcare, we provide
needs. The team arranged transportation and permanent
comprehensive, compassionate care. While hospice is our
housing. Less than three weeks later, the couple moved into
core service, we focus on empowering individuals to live with
their new apartment—just in time to welcome home their dog,
dignity, improve quality of life, and navigate health challenges
who had been fostered by a local rescue.
with the support they deserve.