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Hamilton Center’s Remodeled Inpatient Unit Enhances Environment and Programming - April 2003
Remodeling is almost complete on Hamilton Center’s inpatient unit located on the second floor of the corporate office building in Terre Haute.
All 16 patient rooms are now single occupancy, providing a more private environment for clients. This change simplifies the admissions process as well, minimizing issues such as client personality and gender differences.
The unit now has enhanced lighting and security features, as well as improvements to the existing dining area and recreational-therapy room. The patient rooms have been fitted with new drapery and bedspreads, and the look of the entire unit has been updated with fresh paint and new flooring.
The addition of a group room provides a place for patients to participate in educational groups that address self-esteem, coping-skills, anger-management, and relapse-prevention issues. A small library/sitting room also was added that allows clients a quiet place to read or talk with visitors.
Programming on the unit has been enhanced with an increase in addiction and group therapy sessions available to clients. Converting space formerly used for storage allowed for additional staff offices and a conference room. The unit has a new program manager who oversees all staffing and therapeutic-recreational activities on the floor, as well as a new director of nursing.
Tours of the facility are available on a limited basis and can be arranged by contacting Martha Woods in public relations at 812-231-8152.
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month - April 2003
In 2000, almost one million children did not know what it was like to be “safe and sound” in their homes. Tragically, three children—of all races, genders, and socioeconomic backgrounds—die each day as a result of abuse or neglect.
During April’s annual observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month, Hamilton Center, Inc. would like to call attention to the importance of preventing these tragedies and all forms of child maltreatment, as well as to the role each of us can play in these efforts.
“We need to raise the public’s awareness of the devastating effects of child abuse,” said Anita Lascelles, Director of Early Intervention Services at Hamilton Center, Inc. “We need to help empower and encourage people to become involved and support families and parents so that we can prevent all forms of child abuse and neglect from reaching our Nation’s children.”
There are many things that individuals can do, during April and throughout the year, to keep the children in their lives and communities from becoming statistics. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Children’s Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, working with its National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information, has teamed up with Prevent Child Abuse America to create a packet of information and resources about child abuse and neglect prevention with the theme of “Gateways to Prevention”. It contains strategies for how each one of us can get involved in preventing child abuse, and gives statistics on this national problem. The packet is available from www.preventchildabuse.org (Prevent Child Abuse America) or www.calib.com/nccanch. For Indiana statistics see www.pcain.org (Prevent Child Abuse Indiana).
Everyone can provide a Gateway to Prevention, and everyone can play a role in preventing child abuse. Raise the issue. Reach out to kids and families in your community. Join community prevention efforts. Take action to help ensure that the children in your community are safe and sound.
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