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Residential Inpatient Programs
General Program Description
Experience shows that about 20% of persons suffering from chemical
dependency need inpatient treatment to get well. They are unable to
achieve abstinence unless placed in a sheltered, secure, nurturing
treatment setting. Lakeside-Milam Recovery Centers provides a
comfortable, safe setting in which patients can come to terms with
chemical dependency and learn a new way of living. LMRC provides
moderately priced adult and adolescent residential services.
Residential programs at LMRC operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The following program description addresses Assessment, Structure, and
Staffing; as well as individualized Treatment Plans, Nutrition, and
Lasting Recovery.
Assessment
LMRC was one of the first treatment facilities in the country to
employ diagnostic and assessment criteria published by the American
Society of Addiction Medicine. New patients receive a comprehensive
biopsychosocial assessment upon entering the LMRC residential
treatment sequence. This individualized patient assessment records the
biological, psychological, and social elements of their addiction, and
helps our staff members to create a individualized problem-oriented
treatment plan. Customized treatment plans guide patients throughout
their intensive inpatient and continuing outpatient care.
Structure
The LMRC program is structured to help alcoholics and addicts arrest
chronic drinking and drug use and to preserve the dignity of the
individual. Patients learn how the chronic and progressive nature of
their disease impacts every aspect of their personal lifestyle. Our
primary thrust is to help patients recognize that alcoholism is a
primary, progressive disease, rather than any manifestation of a moral
consequence, character weakness, or psychological dysfunction. We
teach alcoholics and addict to approach their disease as a treatable
condition with a high potential for lasting recovery. Patients leave
inpatient treatment with skills necessary to maintain abstinence and
restructure their lives.
Staffing
Staff members integrate new patients by providing a lot of "TLC" and
individual or group contact. Staffers act as patient advocates by
maintaining contact with family members, doctors, therapists, and any
others whom the patient wishes to involve in his or her recovery. The
LMRC program employs professional counselors, associate counselors,
doctors, and nurses to implement an organized and comprehensive
treatment experience. Patients seeking treatment may admit themselves
or enter through any referral source.
Treatment Plans
Staff members identify patient problems based on the following
criteria: an admission history and assessment; a complete social
history; and a medical examination. Individualized treatment plans are
then written with the input of medical, nursing, and counseling staff.
The plan is a blueprint for recovery of patients and families.
Each of these staff disciplines use the same problem-oriented
record-keeping system to chart a patient’s progress. All patients are
consulted to revise treatment plans as needed. Counselors act as the
primary case manager, while various staff members serve as a
multi-disciplinary treatment team.
Nutrition
Patients learn that a sound nutritional regimen can significantly
decrease cravings. For example, alcoholics and addicts must avoid
eating refined carbohydrates, which can mimic the effects of alcohol
in the bloodstream. Once our patients stabilize their sugar
metabolism, they can often expect a reduction in cravings, fatigue,
depression, mood swings, and nervousness. Our staff members help
patients enhance the quality of their sobriety by removing
uncomfortable symptoms. In this way, good nutrition becomes an
important tool for lasting sobriety.
Lasting Recovery
Our program provides the alcoholic with tools for a lasting recovery;
among them are participation in an AA/NA/CA program, recognition of
increased self-awareness, and accountability in personal
relationships. Lakeside-Milam's highly structured milieu helps
patients to increase self-awareness, accept personal responsibility,
and recognize addictive behavior. Patients are encouraged to express
emotions, share feelings, and vent anger. We help patients recognize
that others feel the same confusion and that all are victims of the
same addiction.
Medical Detox: Overseen by Lakeside-Milam's full-time Medical
Director, Nurse Practitioner, and a 24-hour nursing staff.
Family Week:
A five day outpatient program designed to teach family members how the
disease of addiction has affected them, what they can do to help
themselves, and what they can do to support their loved one in
recovery.
The recovery program for addiction is a life-long project. In the
treatment phase of the LMRC program, the patient learns how to apply
the tools as needed to live a comfortable life without the use of
alcohol or drugs. In the continuing care program, the patient begins
to use these tools in learning to successfully cope in her or her
appropriately planned lifestyle.
LMRC provides services to persons and their families without regard to
race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, sexual preference,
age, or handicap. LMRC provides equivalent, clearly defined sleeping
quarters and bathing accommodations for male and female patients,
taking into consideration the special needs of each gender.
Call us at Lakeside-Milam Recovery Centers, where we really do put
families back together again. 800 231-4303.
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