HomelessnessHomelessness often accompanies manyadditional barriers to diabetes selfmanagement,including FI, literacy andnumeracy deficiencies, lack of insurance,cognitive dysfunction, and mental healthissues. Additionally, patients with diabeteswho are homeless need secure placesto keep their diabetes supplies and refrigeratoraccess to properly store their insulinand take it on a regular schedule. Riskfor homelessness can be ascertainedusing a brief risk assessment tool developedand validated for use among veterans (67).Given the potential challenges, providerswho care for homeless individuals shouldbe familiar with resources or have accessto social workers that can facilitate temporaryhousing for their patients as a wayto improve diabetes care.