The program usually includes housing, nutrition, case management, casework counseling, medical care, education, vocational guidance and child care. Services may extend to other individuals involved, e.g., parents or putative father. A facility where sick and injured persons are given acute medical and surgical care. Inpatient services usually include surgery, medicine, obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, cardiology, radiology, anesthesiology, and others according to community need. Outpatient services may include clinics, diagnostic procedures, emergency care, physical therapy and minor surgery.
Medical staff is restricted licensed physicians qualified in their specialty.
Full-time personnel in such fields as nursing, dietetics, laboratory, pharmacology, social services, chaplaincy, medical records, housekeeping, maintenance and accounting provide for the range of care needed by patients. UNIT A clinic or center providing medical care and oversight of persons withdrawing from alcohol or drug intoxication, usually limited to supportive measures such as a general physical examination, mild tranquilizers, nutrition, safe quarters and encouragement. Standing arrangements with community health facilities cover medical crises, such as drug overdose, and medical needs not necessarily related to substance abuse. As a rule the unit is part of a Harbor Light or other rehabilitation center, detoxification being the initial phase of the person's program of rehabilitation. An international non-denominational fellowship of women.