To make your stay with us more comfortable, plan to bring the following items:
• Several days of casual clothes, including athletic clothing and tennis shoes
• Sweater or jacket
• Sleepwear and slippers
• Umbrella
• Personal toiletries (soap, shampoo, hair dryer, etc.)
• Approximately $10/week for purchasing snacks and other miscellaneous items
• Coins for pay phone
• Any prescription drugs you are taking
Laundry facilities are available.
Please leave the following items at home:
• Revealing clothing, tank tops, clothing with alcohol, drug or sexually suggestive images or words
• Cell phones
• No aerosol cans of any kind
• TVs, radios, CD players and Walkmans
• Musical instruments
• Reading material (Bibles and other spiritual material are allowed)
• Laptops or computers
• Home-made foods or snacks (everything must be prepackaged)
• Cologne, aftershave or perfume
• Hairspray or mousse
• Nail polish or polish remover
• Dryer sheets (Youth Patients)
Find out what a typical day at Cumberland Heights would involve. |
When you walk through our doors for the first time, you may feel scared and uncertain. You may wonder Am I doing the right thing? Do I really belong here? What happens first? These are common questions that are routinely resolved in the first few days of treatment. Rest assured that you’ll have a lot of support. Our staff members will do everything they can to make you comfortable and help you understand what to expect during your stay.
Assessment
When you arrive, you’ll be asked to sign a confidentiality statement and complete some important paperwork. You will then meet with one of our nurses who will ask you some questions about your medical and psychiatric history, drug use and any medications you take. He or she will also take your temperature, pulse and blood pressure.
After you meet with the nurse, you will be introduced to an admissions counselor. He or she will talk with you about your history, especially your history of drug use, family history of addiction, and any prior treatment and any consequences of your drug/alcohol use.
Your Family
While you’re talking with the admissions counselor, one of our family counselors will meet with your family and answer any questions they may have about your treatment. We believe that the involvement of family members is vital to your recovery process. The family or admissions counselor will provide a packet of information for your family members to take home with them.
The packet includes the Family Program schedule, visitation times and the name and contact number of your family counselor.
Financial Arrangements
If you choose to use insurance to help with the cost of treatment, we will call your insurance company to obtain authorization for treatment. It’s difficult to predict how long this will take. Sometimes the insurance case manager will send your case to a doctor for review. This can add several hours to your wait. We will do our best to keep your wait to a minimum. You can feel free to talk to the receptionist or admissions staff if you have questions or need anything while we are awaiting treatment authorization.
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