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Programs & Services

Acute Care Addiction Recovery Program

The Acute Care Addiction Recovery Program (previously ARCH) strives to improve health outcomes and health care access for patients with substance use disorders. This team delivers specialty consult services to hospital inpatients. This team also provides patient-centered, evidence-informed, and trauma-informed care. By using a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach, the team supports patients at every step in their recovery journey.

The ACARP team works with a patient's care team within the acute care setting and assists with:

  • complex withdrawal management
  • treatment and recovery planning
  • counselling, peer and psychosocial supports
  • poisoning (overdose) prevention
  • referrals to wraparound addiction recovery supports
  • linkage to primary and community-based care
  • connections to housing, healthcare coverage, income supports and identification
  • other health promotion interventions

Access
Service Providers May Include
addiction counsellors, addiction medicine physicians, clinical nurse educators, nurse practitioners (NPs), peer support workers, pharmacists, registered nurses, social workers
Eligibility

Patients must be an inpatient and have an active substance use disorder and / or be dealing with social inequity.

Service Access

Healthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information.

Service Locations
Also Known As
Acronym
ACARP
Previous
ARCH, Addiction Recovery and Community Health (ARCH)