- Description
- Provides supervised safe withdrawal from a drug of dependence and / or alcohol.
Service provides:
- support for safe withdrawal from alcohol and / or drug of dependence
- wrap-around care services in a quiet environment, reducing sensory stimuli and offers nutrition, hydration, and reassurance
Includes:
- 5 detox beds
- average stay 5 to 10 days
- withdrawal reducing regime which involves nurses and medical staff monitoring 24 / 7
- a pharmacist on site 7 days a week and is able to provide medical tapers to assist in the withdrawal process and / or support with Opioid Agonist Therapy starts
- Elders and Cultural / Spiritual Advisors to offer spiritual guidance and develop culturally sensitive and culturally rooted health and healing initiatives in collaboration with each client; clients are offered and supported with traditional ways of detoxifying such as smudge ceremonies, pipe ceremonies, sweat lodge ceremonies, and connection to the land
- a counsellor assigned to each client utilizing the detox to work with them in assisting to establish strengths-based, client-centered goals and provide 1-to-1 counselling to better prepare the client for the recovery process
Key Provider: counsellors, cultural / spiritual advisors, Elders, nurses, pharmacists - Eligibility
- Yes, Service targeted to:
- 18 years and older
- with a drug and / or alcohol dependence
- Application Process
- Service Access: Application Required, To access service:
- find application form online
- fax or e-mail completed applications
- or call for more information
Referral Process: No
Waiting Period: Yes,There may be a waiting period depending on the availability of detox beds.
- Toll Free
- 1-866-458-1884
- Telephone
- 780-458-1884
- Fax
- 780-459-1876
- Web Site
- http://www.poundmakerslodge.ca
- detox@poundmaker.org; admissions@poundmaker.org(Admissions)
- Languages
- Cree; English
- Fees
- Fee: No
Fee Reduction: No
Membership Fee: No - Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: Yes -
Other disabled access: No - - Topic(s)
- Agency Information
- View Agency Profile
- Last Verified On
- February 1, 2023
- Address
- Poundmaker's Lodge Treatment Centres; 25108 Poundmaker Road
St Albert, AB, T8T 2A2
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
Programs hours vary. Admissions are Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
