Kathleen McLaughlin
46:13 - 46:43
“we are trying to use the Alex Hotel as a more intensive case management and we're also seeing a lot of hospital discharges of individuals that are medically vulnerable and that wouldn't do well in the congregate setting.”
- Speaker
- Kathleen McLaughlin
- Timestamp
- 46:13 – 46:43
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
The other thing I just wanted to point out on the surge beds is we are trying to use the Alex Hotel as a more intensive case management and we're also seeing a lot of hospital discharges of individuals that are medically vulnerable and that wouldn't do well in the congregate setting. So we are doing a lot of maneuvering between the shelters as well as with the Hope Center, Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission, and BEANS in order to give people the level of care that they need.
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