Marcel Slockers

56 Chapter 3 b. a slight increase in the share of people over 60 at the street doctor’s consultation hours might indicate that society fails to realise that older people, as a result of cognitive impairment, can become homeless c. the share of patients with endocrine disorders, cardio vascular diseases, COPD and oncological disorders is on the rise among homeless people and requires preventive and chronic care d. a decrease in the proportion of infectious diseases, traumata and drug-induced psychoses leads to a safer city e. the proportion of patients who abuse hard drugs and alcohol has decreased, while the use of soft drugs among homeless patients has increased f. trends observed at the street doctor’s consultation hours may be predictive for patterns in diseases among non-homeless, vulnerable people