Aventa Addiction Treatment for Women
| Address: | 610 – 25 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB |
| Phone: | (403) 245-9050 |
| Fax: | (403) 245-9485 |
| Email: | info@aventa.org |
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| Hours of Operation: | 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week |
| Fees: | Subsidy, sliding scale or financial support for fees are available. |
| Brief Description of Services Provided: | Aventa offers addiction treatment services exclusively for women for the past 37 years. Aventa has a total of 45 beds for women; these 45 beds are located in two separate locations. Aventa’s 36 bed residential treatment facility offers day programming or in-patient 6 week treatment (Phase II), 3 month Residential (Phase III). Aventa also has 9 beds available in our second residential facility for Phase IV which is transitional housing and support. Aventa also offers treatment for gambling and smoking cessation, a Parenting in Recovery Program, and a Family and Friends Program. Aventa offers the following services in conjunction with our residential program: the services of a part-time nurse, one day a week consult with a physician who specializes in addiction, an Outreach Counsellor, a Life Skills Counsellor, a part - time family therapist, and a fitness centre and a recreation program. Recovery support groups are offered 6 evenings per week. In order to reduce the risk associated with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Aventa offers priority placements for pregnant women. Aventa is an abstinence based treatment program that requires 10 days of detox before clients can be admitted. |
| Special Populations: | Court Involved, Pregnant Women |
| Referral Process: | Call for an assessment |
| Programs Offered: | Phase II Residential Phase III Residential |
| Restrictions or Exclusions Criteria: | Abstinence-based |