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Lasting Hope Recovery Center Fact Sheet

• Mental illness affects one in four Nebraska families.*
  
• There are currently 119 adult psychiatric beds available in the Omaha metropolitan community for people needing help with serious mental illness.
  
  • 45 at Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center
    
  • 22 at Alegent Health Mercy Hospital
    
  • 20 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital
    
  • 10 at The Nebraska Medical Center
    
  • 22 at Douglas County Community Mental Health Center
  
  
• The occupancy rate at those facilities averages 94-98%
  
• The passage of the Nebraska Behavioral Health Service Act (LB 1083) in 2004 established community-based mental health services closer to home.
  
• Building on that law, Ken Stinson and Howard and Rhonda Hawks established the Behavioral Health Support Foundation, which raised $25.5 million dollars for the Lasting Hope Recovery Center.

• 64-private patient rooms including
  
  • 32 immediate crisis beds requiring a week or less of treatment
    
  • 32 beds for those requiring three to four weeks of inpatient care before
    transitioning to outpatient programs
  
  
• A 24-hour Psychiatric Emergency Department for crisis assessment and triage.
  
• A full-service Laboratory operating seven days a week.
  
• Community organizations are co-located at the Lasting Hope Recovery Center including National Alliance on Mental Illness-Nebraska, The Salvation Army and Lutheran Family Services. Having these agencies on site will provide clients a more seamless transition into the outpatient setting.
  
• Alegent Health Bergan Mercy Medical Center has agreed to license and operate the facility.
  
• Alegent Health and The Nebraska Medical Center will provide financial support for facility operations. In addition, the state of Nebraska is providing critical funding for operations.
  
• Services available for all clients regardless of their home language, and ability to pay.

• Those who have struggled with mental illness helped design the rooms at the Lasting Hope Center, keeping patients at the center of our care.
  
• Natural lighting and warm, earth-toned colors are featured throughout the facility.
  
• Private patient rooms, the living area and bathrooms feature innovative safety features.
  
• Serenity rooms and healing gardens offer patients, staff and families a place to meditate and journal.

• People are welcomed into their recovery at their stage of readiness.
  
• Individualized treatment plans incorporate each patient’s personal strengths.
  
• The center treats patients who experience both mental illness and substance abuse.
  
• Evidence-based practices, including Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) and Peer Support Specialists are important elements of the treatment model.
  
• The overall goal is to instill hope, a sense of possibility and to rebuild a positive self-image for patients and help them get back to their daily routine.