Clearview Community Medical Detox - Nanaimo

Provided by Island Health

Clearview Detox is a free of charge community residential facility providing treatment for acute medical withdrawal.
Clearview Detox is free of charge withdrawal management service offered in a home-like setting in Nanaimo. This inpatient program is completely voluntary, and provides service to all communities north of Mill Bay out of a 12 bed medically supported facility. This includes the regions of Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo, Parksville, Courtenay/Comox, Port Alberni, Campbell River and Tofino/Ucluelet.

Services Provided:
  • 24-hour acute withdrawal management from alcohol and other substances.
  • Group programming and relapse prevention planning.
  • Connection and referral to various community services and support with discharge planning.

Referrals are required and can be made by:
  • Family physicians, walk-in clinic physicians or nurse practitioners.
  • Mental health and substance use clinicians, substance use counsellors, outreach workers (within Island Health).
  • Indigenous counsellors with First Nations Health Authority.
  • Acute care staff (hospital-based physicians and nurses).
  • Walk-in services through your local Mental Health and Substance Use team.
  • Non-Island Health clinical counsellors and practitioners can contact Clearview directly to receive a referral form

Your referral will be reviewed by the Clearview Detox triage team within three to five days. Clients should call Clearview Detox directly at 250-739-5891 within five days to check the status of their referral. Clients are encouraged to check in via phone to Clearview Detox staff regularly (at least once per week, but more frequently is preferred). If you do not have a phone, please ensure your referral includes the best way to contact you.
If your referral is accepted, you will be placed on the waitlist and contacted as we near your position in line. Individuals referred to Clearview Detox must be able to move independently and manage their own basic self-care. Admissions are booked by medical priority and not necessarily by date of referral.

250-739-5891

Website: https://www.islandhealth.ca/our...

Clearview Detox - 967 Haliburton Street, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 6N5

Monday - Sunday: 12:00 AM - 11:00 PM

Service is available in English.

Cost: No cost

Referral options:

  • Physician or nurse practitioner referral
  • Health professional referral
  • Indigenous counselor referral
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Service area: Island Health Area

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