Hepatitis C: We’re Fighting Stigma and Providing a Cure

Beth came to Harbor Care having recently received a diagnosis of Hepatitis C, or hep C, as it is often called. Her case had been reported to the state, as part of the contact tracing for infectious diseases. Although testing is the first step toward recovery, many hep C victims don’t realize they carry the virus, according to Jay Gupta, Harbor Care’s Director of Pharmacy. He explains that, “because they mistakenly think hep C is incurable, they feel there’s no benefit to getting tested.”

Healthy at Home: A Lifesaving Mission

For many, home care is considered significantly safer than long-term care facilities. Healthy at Home provides home care services to the most vulnerable in our community, particularly to those whose insurance runs far short of covering all costs.

Housing + Integrated Care = Success

As our clients know, we don’t hand a person in distress a blind referral to another service. We won’t ask them to share their life and their story again and again, to fill out form after form, and wait and wait for care.

We promise: once a person enters any of the many programs within Harbor Care, they are automatically “in the system.” After 40 years of doing this kind of work, we know that more often than not, if a person doesn’t have a safe, secure place to stay, none of their other struggles will resolve, because that basic human need – safe shelter – remains unmet.

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