The Mail-Journal, Volume 29, Number 7, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 March 1990 — Page 38
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PROGRESS EDITION — Wed., March 28,1990
Med Park Center offers clients foundation for new life
“The Beginning” is the slogan on MedPark Center’s logo, and it states, as simply as anything, Med Park’s objective: to offer its clients the foundations for a new, healthy life —a life free of alcohol and chemical dependence Med Park Center opened its doors in Kosciusko County in July of 1989. A division of Kosciusko Community Hospital, the center was originally located on the hospital premises; however, to provide additional space, the center recently relocated and now is in the Royal Oaks building on East Center Street in Warsaw. Med Park’s clients enter the facility voluntarily — usually motivated by family or employer to seek help in overcoming alcoholism and/or drug abuse. After being assessed and admitted to the center, clients embark upon a five-phase, approximately 28-day program, intended to release the bonds of drug dependence. The “12-Step Model” of awareness used by such self-help groups as Alcoholics wBhP
abusers experience serious life thout realizing what’s happening uncommon for them to suffer the lilies, income, health, or social aking the cycle of chemical denot easy, but it is critical that the or the user may die. Don’t wait oo late. Call us at Med Park Cenay. We can help the alcohol or ; abuser and their family begin a w life. Med Park Treatment For Chemical Dependency BEGINNING" We Can Help Call: 1-800-446-7268 A Division of Kosciusko Community Hospital 269*7275
Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous is incorporated at Med Park. The center’s treatment program is holistic in nature, addressing the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of each client through the guidance of certified counselors, physicians, nurses, ministers and therapists. A staff of 25 operates the 20-bed facility. Studies have shown that recovering addicts are the best ones to help active addicts; therefore, MedPark Center strives for a staff comprised of 75 percent recovering addicts.. Inpatient rehabilitation begins with assessment and detoxification, then progresses to lectures, discussions and group therapy, helping clients understand the nature of their disease. Families of the chemically dependent learn about themselves and their loved one through the center’s family therapy program. Participation in in-house self-help groups eventually leads to participation in similar outside groups. After completion of the monthlong treatment program, an individualized
OFFERING A NEW BEGINNING — Med Park Center is a fully licensed and accredited institution specializing in the treatment of the chemically dependent. Established through Kosciusko Community Hospital in July of 1989, Med Park is currently located at the Royal Oaks building on East Center Street in Warsaw. The facility offers both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation programs. Pictured, from left, are MedPark’s.staff physicians, Dr. David Haines and Dr. Roland Snyder.
year-long aftercare program is initiated for each client, providing one and a half hours of counseling and support weekly. Med Park Center provides an employee assistance program (EAP) designed to meet the needs of a company’s workforce. The program addresses employees’ personal problems, such as alcoholism, drug abuse, stress, financial and legal difficulties, and family concerns. Employees may utilize an EAP as a result of job performance referrals by management, or as a result of individual self-referrals. The
center will provide companies with an orientation session, employee assessments, referrals for short-term counseling or other outpatient counseling. Outpatient services include evaluations, intensive outpatient treatment, continuing care sessions, relapse prevention, an abuse group program, family wellness meetings and individual counseling. Med Park Center is a fully accredited and licensed institution. The center accepts all insurance coverage and will set up payment plans when necessary.