UNC Health Care Alcohol and Drug Detoxification Unit at WakeBrook

Government funded if you don't have insurance, helpful, detox center. Some staff are unorganized, etc, very hard to get in sometimes. It is helpful if you want to detox and go to a 9 day rehab but it is not that long of a program

THE EMERGENCY ROOM WAITING AREA FOR ADMISSION NEEDS TO BE CLEANED AND SANTIZED. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF SEEING A DOCTOR TOOK 40 HOURS DURING THIS TIME YOU HAVE TO WAIT IN A CHAIR IF YOU ARE NOT LUCKY ENOUGHT TO BE ASSIGNED TO A BED. UNC IS ONE OF THE ONLY HEALTHCARE FACILITIES THAT CAN ASSESS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL TO BE ADMITTED SINCE INSURANCE HAS CLOSED MOST OF THE FACILITIES. THEY DO THE BEST THEY CAN DO UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR FUNDING ON MENTAL HEALTH. CHILDREN ARE AROUND FULL BLOWN ADDICTS DURING THE ADMISSION PROCESS. ALTHOUGH STAFF TRY TO LIMIT WHAT THEY SEE. AFTER THE 2 DAY WAIT IF THERE IS A BED YOU MAY END UP AT UNC IF YOU ARE LUCKY OR YOU WILL HAVE TO GO SOMEPLACE ELSE WITHIN THE STATE THAT IS FAR FROM YOUR HOME. IF YOU HAVE A CHILD YOU WILL HAVE VISIT YOU CHILD LONG DISTANCE. THERE WERE NO FAMILY SUPPORT GROUPS. I WAS INVITED TO A GROUP BUT IT WAS OPEN WITH OTHER CHILDREN. DURING ADMISSION YOUR KID MAY END UP IN A REAL PADDED ROOM WITH A TV BEHIND A SCREEN AND CLOSE QUARTERS. THEY ARE MONITORED BY ROOM CAMERA BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO BE ADMITTED ON THE CHILDRENS FLOOR. AFTER YOU GET ADMITTED ON THE FLOOR IS WHEN TREATMENT FINALLY BEGINS. WHICH IS ALMOST A WEEK AFTER YOU WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM TO SEEK HELP. THEY WILL BE SHIFTED FROM BED TO BED AS STAFF SEES FIT. NO ONE IS IN THE SAME BEDROOM FOR MORE THAN 2 DAYS. MEALS THEY SELECT WHICH I THOUGHT WAS TOO MUCH BURGERS AND FRIES. THE NURSING STAFF IS EXCELLENT AND THE ATTENTION AND DEDICATION TO THE PROGRAM IS AWESOME. THEY HAVE A SCHEDULE THEY FOLLOW WITH TREATMENT OF SELF ESTEEM BUILDING. THERAPY. TALKING WITH THE DOCTOR. GAMES. ETC. MY SON WAS GLAD TO COME HOME BUT ENJOYED HIS TIME THERE. HE SAID HE GOT A LOT OUT OF THE PROGRAM. THE DOCTOR CALLS TO KEEP IN CONTACT AND TO KEEP YOU INFORMED. MY SON SAW THE DOCTOR EVERYDAY. SOMETIMES SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. THEY ALSO REFERRED HIM TO OTHER CLINICS HE NEEDED. DISCHARGE THEY MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FOLLOW UP. THE SOCIAL WORKER IS ACCOMODATING. SHE WORKS HARD TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND DISCHARG. NURSES ALSO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND TO FOLLOW UP. THE TREATED THE CHILDREN EXCELLENT. I JUST FOUND THE ADMISSION PROCESS TO BE GRUELING AND THE OBSERVATION PROCESS TO STRESSFUL BECAUSE IT SEEMS YOU GET SUFFLED FROM ONE EXTREME TO THE NEXT WHEN YOU HAVE A MENTALLY ILL SICK CHILD TO CARE FOR IN A STRESSFUL SETTING. ONCE YOUR CHILD COMES AND IS MENTALLY ILL THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO HOME. UNC IS UNDER STRESS BECAUSE THEY AND ONLY A FEW HOSPITALS ACROSS THE STATE CAN ADMIT PATIENTS FOR REHAB CARE. THEY HAVE FEW DOCTORS WORKING. NOT SURE IF IT FOR BUDGET REASONG OR WHAT. HOPE THIS HELPS.

Puting care and respect before profit.