Mercyone Waterloo Horizons
About Mercyone Waterloo Horizons
People worried about their chemical use, and people required to enter treatment, can start at MercyOne Waterloo Horizons. Horizons is a hospital-based detox center in Waterloo, Iowa.
A family member can attend part of the treatment and an education session on chemical dependency.
Referrals can come from the person, the family, a community agency, a physician’s office or the court.
Is detox staffed in Waterloo?
Detox at Horizons is medically managed inpatient detox, with a physician and nurses on duty all 24 hours.
Withdrawal care covers alcohol and other substances, and a nighttime change in symptoms doesn’t have to wait until morning.
Residential treatment isn’t offered at this location.
What comes after detox?
An intensive outpatient group at Horizons can keep going around work, family or school responsibilities. An evening outpatient session lets you keep work, school or family duties in the daytime.
A relapse program is also outpatient, for people who’ve relapsed before.
A phone line at the program stays staffed around the clock, and the call you make is confidential. Most insurers pay part or all of treatment costs.
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Inpatient and residential programs provide round-the-clock medical and emotional support as you live at the treatment facility. This level of care may be recommended if you have severe addictions or mental health conditions since it removes outside distractions and allows you to focus solely on therapy. |
Evening sessions are the evening outpatient track. They cover behavior and the effects of chemical use, and days stay open for work, family or school. |
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Medically managed detoxification uses 24-hour physician and nursing care. That care assists with withdrawal from alcohol or other substances at this program. |
Outpatient detox gives you access to medically supervised withdrawal services while still allowing you to live at home. You’ll attend a clinic for treatment and monitoring. This flexible option is suitable for those with mild to moderate withdrawal symptoms who have strong support systems. |
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Alcohol withdrawal sits inside medically managed detoxification. Physician and nursing care runs 24 hours for withdrawal from alcohol or from other substances. |
Other substances are included in medically managed detoxification, not only alcohol. Nursing care and a physician are there 24 hours to assist with withdrawal. |
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Levels of Care
Inpatient and residential programs provide round-the-clock medical and emotional support as you live at the treatment facility. This level of care may be recommended if you have severe addictions or mental health conditions since it removes outside distractions and allows you to focus solely on therapy.
Evening sessions are the evening outpatient track. They cover behavior and the effects of chemical use, and days stay open for work, family or school.
Detox Service Setting
Medically managed detoxification uses 24-hour physician and nursing care. That care assists with withdrawal from alcohol or other substances at this program.
Outpatient detox gives you access to medically supervised withdrawal services while still allowing you to live at home. You’ll attend a clinic for treatment and monitoring. This flexible option is suitable for those with mild to moderate withdrawal symptoms who have strong support systems.
Programs
Alcohol withdrawal sits inside medically managed detoxification. Physician and nursing care runs 24 hours for withdrawal from alcohol or from other substances.
Other substances are included in medically managed detoxification, not only alcohol. Nursing care and a physician are there 24 hours to assist with withdrawal.
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FAQs
What levels of care does Mercyone Waterloo Horizons offer?
Medically managed detoxification is a level here, with 24-hour physician and nursing care for withdrawal from alcohol or other substances. Intensive outpatient leaves room for work, family or school. Evening outpatient does the same in evening sessions. A co-occurring disorders group addresses addiction along with depression, anxiety, PTSD, schizophrenia and other mental health disorders. Withdrawal from alcohol on that level is alcohol detox.
How do outpatient sessions fit around a workday?
Evening outpatient sessions happen in the evening, so the day stays open for work, family or school. Intensive outpatient also leaves room for those responsibilities. Medically managed detoxification is the exception. That level uses 24-hour physician and nursing care.
Will insurance pay for treatment here?
Most insurance companies cover some or all of the treatment cost. The share can be partial or full, and it depends on the company. Learn more about Using insurance for detox.
Are phones staffed overnight at Mercyone Waterloo Horizons?
The phones are staffed 24 hours, and every call is confidential, and the line stays open overnight. The program sits at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa.
Who can refer a person to this program?
A referral can come from the person, from family, from a community agency, from a physician’s office or from the court system. You do not have to be sent by a single source. Getting in can start from any of them.