Fairbanks Hospital Inc

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON RECOVERY FROM ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG PROBLEMS.

ADULT INPATIENT SERVICES CONSISTING OF DETOXIFICATION AND REHABILIATION SERVICES. THE DETOXIFICATION PHASE IS A MEDICALLY MANAGED LEVEL OF CARE WHERE THE EXTENT OF THE PATIENT'S ADDICTION IS DETERMINED AND THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF THAT ADDICTION IS ASSESSED AND THE APPROPRIATE TREATMENT COURSE IS INITIATED. FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, FAIRBANKS HOSPITAL HAD 8,535 ADULT DETOX PATIENT DAYS.THE REHABILITATION PHASE OCCURS WHEN FURTHER INPATIENT STABILIZATION/TREATMENT IS NEEDED AND REQUIRED CONTINUED MEDICAL SUPERVISION. THE TREATMENT PROCESS IS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY AND GROUP ORIENTED. FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, THE HOSPITAL HAD 389 ADULT REHAB PATIENT DAYS.

ADULT OUTPATIENT SERVICES PROGRAM CONSISTING OF PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION (PHP) AND INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM (IOP). THE PHP PROGRAM IS SIX TO SEVEN HOURS PER DAY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND IS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY AND GROUP ORIENTED TREATMENT PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM CONTAINS EVALUATION AND EDUCATION. IT ALLOWS THE PATIENT TO EXPERIENCE LIFE ON THE "OUTSIDE" WHILE BEING INVOLVED IN A VERY INTENSE LEVEL OF TREATMENT. FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, THE HOSPITAL HAD 4,507 PHP VISITS.IOP IS AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHOSE ADDICTION IS NOT SO SEVERE AS TO REQUIRE INPATIENT OR PHP SERVICES. THE PATIENTS MUST DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO REMAIN DRUG-FREE DURING THE ENTIRE TREATMENT COURSE AND INDICATE A WILLINGNESS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN A 12-STEP PROGRAM. IOP PATIENTS GENERALLY MEET FOR THREE HOURS, THREE TIMES PER WEEK. IOP OFFERS EDUCATION AND GROUP THERAPY. FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, THE HOSPITAL HAD 7,739 VISITS PLUS 2,408 VIRTUAL IOP VISITS.LEVEL 1 OUTPATIENT - IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ADDICTION MEDICINE (ASAM), FAIRBANKS CONSIDERS PATIENTS WHOSE SEVERITY OF SUBSTANCE USE IS MILD AND CAUSES MINIMAL INTERRUPTION IN THEIR FUNCTIONING AS BEING BEST SUITED FOR LEVEL 1 OP SERVICES. THESE INDIVIDUALS MAY PRESENT WITH MILD, CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH AND/OR PHYSICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS. THEY MAY ALREADY BE RECEIVING SERVICES FOR THESE OTHER CO-OCCURING CONDITIONS, BUT NEED MORE EDUCATION, SUPPORT AND TREATMENT FOR ISSUES RELATED TO THEIR SUBSTANCE USE. ADDITIONALLY, LEVEL 1 MAY BE APPROPRIATE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT INTERESTED IN RECOVERY, BUT ARE MANDATED INTO TREATMENT. THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE COMPLETED AN EDUCATION COURSE, BUT APPEAR TO NEED MORE THAN JUST EDUCATION AS INDICATED BY THEIR USE OR SERVICE HISTORY. INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED MORE THAN JUST EDUCATION TO ENHANCE THEIR MOTIVATION OR TO CREATE AMBIVALENCE MAY ALSO BENEFIT FROM THIS LEVEL OF CARE. AT THE SAME TIME, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN EARLY RECOVERY AND VIEW TREATMENT AS POTENTIALLY HELPFUL AND ARE ENTERING TREATMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME WILL BENEFIT FROM LEVEL 1. PATIENTS IN THIS LEVEL OF CARE MAY BE RECEIVING MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) SERVICES AND/OR OTHER THERAPIES DUE TO THEIR SUBSTANCE USE INCLUDING PATIENTS WHO NEED A STEP DOWN FROM IOP WHOM THE TREATMENT TEAM FINDS HAVE CONTINUED THERAPEUTIC NEEDS BEYOND THE SUPPORT OF AN AFTERCARE PROGRAM. FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, THE HOSPITAL HAD 216 ADULT LEVEL 1 VISITS PLUS 2,182 VIRTUAL LEVEL 1 VISITS.

THE ADULT RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM IS FOR THE PATIENT WHO REQUIRES A RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT TO ABSTAIN FROM USING BUT WHO IS MEDICALLY STABLE. THE PATIENT PARTICIPATES IN NO LESS THAN FOUR HOURS OF THERAPY DAILY AND NURSING CARE IS PROVIDED, IF NEEDED. FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, THE HOSPITAL HAD 7,300 ADULT RESIDENTIAL PATIENT DAYS.

ADOLESCENT OUTPATIENTS SERVICES PROGRAM SERVED 645 IOP VISITS DURING THE CURRENT YEAR. FAIRBANKS HOSPITAL PROVIDED 2,759 PATIENT DAYS AT LAVERNA LODGE FOR MEN, 368 DAYS AT LAVERNA LODGE FOR WOMEN, AND 15,691 PATIENT DAYS AT RECOVERY HOUSING DURING THE CURRENT YEAR.IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, FAIRBANKS WORKED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY USING SEVERAL DIFFERENT STRATEGIES DEVELOPED TO REACH THE COMMUNITY VIRTUALLY DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE. THE ADOLESCENT COUNSELING TEAM AT FAIRBANKS DEVELOPED A SERIES OF VIDEOS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF EXISTING ADOLESCENT PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS AND TEENS WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION AND DECLINING MENTAL HEALTH DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. THESE VIDEOS WERE SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOUTUBE AND COVERED TOPICS SUCH AS COPING WITH ISOLATION, DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AND HOW AND WHERE TO SEEK TREATMENT. THESE VIDEOS WERE ABLE TO REACH OVER 20,950 VIEWERS. IN ADDITION TO PROMOTION OF ADOLESCENT PROGRAMS, FAIRBANKS ALSO LAUNCHED THE FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER IN 2020. THE FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER IS DESIGNED TO HELP FAMILIES AND FRIENDS GET ANSWERS TO THE MANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE WHEN LEARNING ABOUT - AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND - SUBSTANCE-ABUSE DISORDERS. DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, THE PROGRAM OPERATES VIRTUALLY AND IS SERVING AN EVEN GREATER NEED NOW THAT MORE HOOSIERS ARE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION DUE TO THE STRESS FROM THE PANDEMIC.