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11A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017 Detox: Closest medical detox center is in St. Helens including 60 from Clatsop County. The detox center has around-the-clock nursing and support staff and partners with Oregon Health & Science Uni- versity for medical expertise. “The difficulty with addiction and substance abuse is that people have windows of readiness to be willing to seek treatment,” Baker said. “And if it’s really hard to get them into the services that they need, then you often lose that window of opportunity.” Getting people from Clatsop County into a detox or residential treatment program, Baker said, can be a real challenge. “We’re grateful that we have that,” Baker said of Bridge to Pathways. “It’s just always harder when the resource is not in your own community.” While St. Helens is just an 80-min- ute drive from Astoria, she said it “feels like a much further distance than what it necessarily is.” Continued from Page 1A Priorities A community health assessment released in 2014 ranked obesity, men- tal health and substance abuse as Clat- sop County’s health priorities. Data from the Robert Wood John- son Foundation show that 21 per- cent in Clatsop County report binge or heavy drinking, compared to 19 percent across Oregon. The Ore- gon Health Authority put hospitaliza- tions for drug overdoses in the county at 39.6 per 100,000 between 2010 and 2014, about the same as Colum- bia County but lower than Tillamook County and urban Multnomah County. Baker, who moved to the North Coast last June to take over Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare, the county’s mental health contractor, said her out- sider’s perspective is that substance abuse and addiction are significant concerns. Opioid abuse, in particular, is prevalent, part of a national spike in heroin and prescription painkiller use. One of Baker’s crisis managers noted, anecdotally, that about 75 per- cent of the patients she assesses for mental health in hospital emergency rooms have “some sort of substance on board.” Trece Gurrad, the vice president of patient care services at Columbia Memorial Hospital, said the issue is hard to quantify beyond her own gut feeling, since the hospital does not track whether patients who ask about or need detox eventually find help. It was the emergency room nurses, she said, who thought it was important to have the cards with contact infor- mation for rehab and detox at their fingertips. “It was one of their projects,” Gur- rad said. “They put all that together and made a little card that we distrib- ute for folks.” Allison Whisenhunt, who leads care management at Providence Sea- side Hospital, said the lack of access to detox is definitely a problem. She said hospitals are not set up to han- dle detox, even though patients who are dependent on drugs or alcohol, if they stay long enough for other med- ical treatment, can often go through withdrawal. Ideally, Whisenhunt said, the county would have a facility to man- age detox and would accept any pay- ment source. “It’s really difficult,” she said. “Even when I see somebody in the emergency room who says, ‘I’m ready. I want to do this.’ We still have to call their insurance and figure out 70 Help Wanted O)ean Spa in Cannon Bea)h Ocean Spa now hiring Nail Technicians, and Hair Stylists. *90 Day $250 Sign-on Bonus* Please call 503-436-0664 or email o)eanspa)b@gmail.)om Seaside S)hool Distri)t Is seeking: EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT- Spe)ial Needs Seaside Heights Elementary $14.21/hr + benefits To Apply or for questions go to: www.seaside.k12.or.us/employment or (503)738-5591 The District is an EOE Bring your enthusiasm to work at our oceanfront resort Skilled Maintenan)e Worker Housekeepers Unmet needs Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian A patient shows a drawing she made at Bridge to Pathways detox center in St. Helens. which places are accepted. And, again, they’re not usually local. “So I think a place that was nearby, that also had open access, would be a huge first step.” Larger issue Lt. Matt Phillips, the jail com- mander for the Clatsop County Sher- iff’s Office, said questions about detox are just a small part of a much larger issue around substance abuse. At the County Jail, Phillips said, deputies do intake screenings and ask about substance abuse and whether an inmate believes they will experience withdrawal. “Our medical staff will monitor inmates and provide appro- priate medical care during their time in custody,” he said in an email. Like patients at hospitals, Phillips said some inmates stay long enough at the jail to fully detox. He said having a local detox option — or even a place to hold suspects until they are sober — would at times be helpful for law enforcement. A facility “would be nice for the times when the arrest of an individ- ual for a minor charge isn’t in the best interest of the person, the justice sys- If you have questions, please Call Tamara at 503-436-1197 ERROR AND CANCELLATIONS Please read your ad on the first day. If you see an error, The Daily Astorian will gladly re-run your ad correctly. We accept responsibility for the first incorrect insertion, and then only to the extent of a cor- rected insertion or refund of the price paid. To cancel or correct an ad, call 503-325-3211 or 1-800- 781-3211. ‘Windows of readiness’ Experts in substance abuse and addiction say people have to want to get sober for treatment to be effective. Detox can be an initial step toward recovery, but withdrawal should be followed by therapy. The North Coast has several res- idential treatment centers and outpa- tient treatment options for substance abuse, from Astoria Pointe and Rose- briar to Klean and the North Coast Medical Clinic. Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare also provides substance abuse counseling. Local residential treatment cen- ters typically only take private health 70 Help Wanted 80 Work Wanted The City of Warrenton is accepting applications for temporary help. The position will only be up to June 30, 2017. Work will consist of general labor and construction, maintenance and repair of streets, parks facilities, and sidewalks. Some operation of light trucks, backhoes and power equipment may be required. Previous utility work is helpful, but not required. Applicants must be 18 years of age and older, submit to and pass drug testing and a background check. A valid Driver's License is required at the time of employment. Salary is $14.00 per hour. Applicants must be able to work Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Some overtime and weekend work may also be required. Applications may be picked up at Warrenton Municipal Center, 225 S. Main Ave., Warrenton, OR from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday or http://ci.warrenton.or.us/ under Jobs Temporary Application Packet and returned to the above address or mailed to P.O. 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This 4-digit number assures the business has a bond, insurance and an associated individual contractor who has fulfilled the testing and experience requirements for licensure. For your protection call (503)378- 5909 or use our web site: www.lcb.state.or.us to check license status before contracting with the business. Persons doing landscape maintenance do not require a LCB license. Oregon state law requires anyone who contracts for construction work to be licensed with the Construction Contractors Board. An active license means the contractor is bonded and insured. Verify the contractorʼs CCB li)ense through the CCB Consumer Website insurance and require pricey out- of-pocket expenses. A detox-only option is rare. The community health assessment found that about a third of Clatsop County residents have public insur- ance, such as the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s version of Medicaid. People who need detox and are uninsured are urged to sign up for the Oregon Health Plan. “There are not enough treatment facilities on the planet to treat every- body that needs it,” said Scott Ward, a regional director in California for Sun- spire Health, which operates Astoria Pointe and Rosebriar. Ward, who used to be the exec- utive director at Astoria Pointe, said Sunspire Health refers people who are unable to get into their residential treatment programs to other providers. For people on the Oregon Health Plan, the closest option is Bridge to Pathways, the medical detox center in St. Helens. The facility is backed by the Columbia Pacific Coordinated Care Organization, which serves Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook counties. Since opening in 2015, Bridge to Pathways has treated 417 patients, 105 Business-Sales Op 230 Houses, Unfurnished 585 Antique-Classi) Cars Be an Astoria Carrier! For all our available rentals. 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Compound- ing the limited financial resources, the community health assessment found there is often difficulty coordinating care between hospitals, behavioral health agencies and social-service providers. Astoria and other communities have stepped forward to help fill some of those gaps. Columbia Memorial Hospital, for example, has partnered with Oregon Health & Science Uni- versity on the Knight Cancer Collab- orative, which will enable patients to receive radiation therapy locally and spare them long drives to Longview, Washington, and to Portland. A crisis respite center in Warrenton — a col- laboration between the county, Colum- bia Memorial, Providence Seaside and the regional mental health authority — can be an alternative to hospitals and jail for people with a mental health emergency. A local detox option would likely require similar partnerships. Thomp- son, the county commissioner, said a community conversation on unmet mental health and substance abuse needs would be valuable. “That’s a great place to start,” Thompson said. “Because if you have detox, you’re giving them a chance right then when they’re at a crisis point, and maybe that’ll be their bottoming out point and they’re ready to go forward and recover or gain help.” Services We urge you to patronize the local professionals advertising in The Daily Astorian Specialty Services. To place your Specialty Services ad, call 325-3211. 95 S)hools & Edu)ation IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS about a Business or S)hool Advertised, we advise you to call: The Consumer Hotline in Salem at (503)378-4320, 9 AM-1 PM, Monday-Friday or in Portland at (503)229-5576 Brand New Units, near Cost)o Warrenton. 2 bedroom/2 bath $1150/mo. 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