canada ED treatment centres

just wondering if anyone out there has been to an eating disorder treatment centre in canada, and if so, which one, and what was it like? also did you have to pay for it?

im just trying to figure out which treatment centre i should try to get into. of course they all look good on their websites but i want to know what theyre really like.

thanks! :)

I was at the U of A hospital 6 times in the e/d program. It works for some of us, but many people really don't like it. Another one that i've heard good things about is Bridgepoint.

There are a few, depending on which province you live in.  I know of one near Saskatoon (Saskatchewan), a ranch style one.

there are both public and private treatment centres, though not many of the public ones.  if you choose a private centre, it will be expensive, but your insurance plan may pay part. 

could you tell me the name of the ranch style one in saskatchewan?

also, im confused about insurance plans paying for things - i have provincial health care and thats it. is that good enough or do you have to have something more than that?

oh, no audience, could you tell me more about the edmonton program? i.e. how it worked for you, and also why a lot of people dont like it? is it really rigid or do the doctors look down their noses at you or something? what specifically do people find difficult about it?

Original Post by kiote:

could you tell me the name of the ranch style one in saskatchewan?

also, im confused about insurance plans paying for things - i have provincial health care and thats it. is that good enough or do you have to have something more than that?

if you're being referred by a doctor, your provincial plan should pay.  the problem is that they'll only pay up to the level of what they would provide for you.  so if there's a public treatment centre--in your province or not--that they endorse, they'll only fund you up to the level that it would charge.  some private facilities charge up to $1000 a day; your plan definitely won't cover that.

you're going to have to take some initiative and look into this yourself.  the admissions people at the treatment centres will have information.

here is a site with all the canadian listings:

http://eating-disorder-recovery.suite101.com/ article.cfm/canadian_treatment_centres

 and here is the SK one:

BridgePoint Center for Eating Disorders

Box 190, Milden

Saskatchewan, S0L 2L0

Phone: 306-935-2240

www.bridgepointcenter.ca

I just didn't like how focused it was on weight. Weights were done every morning, which was extremely difficult for all of us, like even every 2 days or once a week would have been better. There is also very little structure. They have groups, but some of the chronics just don't have to go to them, which is crap. Many of the therapists and dietitians are not around enough during the day, or are bogged down by appointments and can't see you for awhile.

And you are always going to be seen as deceptive. There were girls that were puking in cups and hiding them in my room, and I would get blamed for...and they would try to get me to drink Ensure replacement. It made me so mad.

try the something fishy website for treatment referrals.

I've heard mention of Homewood, but can't tell you where it is or anything about it!

ive been searching the net and found something in edmonton called SACRED (the Society for Assisted Cooperative Recovery from Eating Disorders) and its a nonprofit charity which offers support and a daytime treatment (so its not an around the clock treatment center). but it sounds like an okay place to start. has anyone been there or heard anything about it, good bad or otherwise?