The Morning Journal (Lorain, OH)
Silver Maple Recovery renovations continue
A new rehabilitation center is almost ready to open for those struggling with alcohol and drug addiction.
Silver Maple Recovery, created by Sprenger Health Care, tentatively will hold a grand opening March 27.
A month out, Feb. 27 was the start of furniture arrival for the 41-bed facility.
Plans have been in the works for months to create the treatment center at the former Premier Soccer Academy off Leavitt Road in Lorain.
“It’s been progressing well,” said Jason Coe, director of operations for Silver Maple Recovery.
Coe led a construction tour with Amy Sanfilippo, vice president of acquisitions and development, and Paul Freeman, senior director of marketing.
The changes inside the building did not require extensive reconstruction.
“The facility was in great shape when we took it over,” Coe said.
However, the two-story facility is getting new paint, flooring, minor adjustments in the residential rooms.
“It’s a great facility, a perfect location for us and I think it’s much needed in Lorain County,” Coe said. “We’re excited to be a part of the treatment community here.
“I think we’re coming in with a level of care that’s not currently being provided in the county, the detox services and the short-term residential for men.”
The facility will open to serve men ages 18 to 64.
There is room to expand and the company hopes to add treatment for women in the future.
“We have the capability of expanding,” Coe said.
The treatment
There will be withdrawal management service staffed 24 hours a day with nurses.
That process may take five to seven days, and clients will have single rooms, Coe said.
The additional residential treatment can take 30 to 90 days.
“They have clear, structured programming, chemical dependency counseling, all different types of therapy and training to assist them in breaking that addiction,” Coe said.
The clients will have shared bedrooms and bathrooms, so they will interact with each other.
“We’re attacking addiction with everything we have, mentally, psychologically, spiritually,” Coe said. “One of the treatments that we focus on, is peer support, drawing them out of isolation.
“Addiction tends to isolate people and we’re trying to bring them out of that. So, when they’re in the residential side, we do have roommates. We offer group therapy as well as individual counseling so it builds their social skills.”
The residential rooms are upstairs.
The first floor will have staff offices and treatment rooms, along with dining services and “a great fitness center.”
“It being a former soccer academy, one of the things we loved about this property is that it had a great fitness center,” Coe said.
The workout room may seem like a luxurious addon, but part of the treatment program deals with finding healthy alternatives to deal with stress, he said.
“We strongly encourage exercise, getting people feeling better,” Coe said.
Once discharged, clients will be linked to an outpatient provider to follow up and get community support for continuing treatment, he said.
The staff
The facility will have about 40 full-time employees, with staff dealing with medicine, counseling, dietary services and housekeeping.
Silver MapleRecovery will be licensed by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Joint Commission, a national accreditation group.
The target date for opening the doors to clients is April 8.
The public will be welcomed at the open house because once the center opens, it generally will not be open
to tours due to client privacy, Coe said.
The facility also will get a
new address.
The former street address is 2101 All Pro Athletic Ave.
Lorain City Council has approved changing the street name to “Silver Maple Way.”