Stout Street Foundation Therapeutic Community of Denver / Commerce City Colorado
Medical Admissions Criteria:
If you have a medical condition that requires medication, the following will be considered:
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The medical condition.
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The type of medication.
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How the medication changes your thinking.
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Does the medication impair your ability to work a job?
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What does the medication cost?
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Doctor’s order declaring you fit to work normal labor jobs.
Mental Health Conditions:
- If you are on any psychotropic medication, you MUST be medically detoxed.
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A full mental health evaluation with a doctor’s order releasing and clearing you of your psychotropic medication is a requirement for admission.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV):
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How long you have you had the virus?
- Current T-Cell count (800 or better for consideration)
- What medical treatments are necessary?
- What medications are necessary?
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How does the medication change your thinking?
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What does the medication cost?
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Doctor’s order declaring you fit to work normal labor jobs.
Diabetes:
- Is your diabetes controlled by diet, pills or injectable insulin?
- Medical conditions as a result of diabetes (open sores, retinopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy)?
- Doctor’s order declaring you fit to work normal labor jobs.
Respiratory Illness and allergies:
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What type of condition do you have?
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What type and what is the extent of allergies or respiratory illness you have?
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What type of medication do you take?
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What type of treatment do you need?
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What does the medication cost?
- Doctor’s order declaring you fit to work normal labor jobs
Past or present medical issues, surgeries, hospitalizations, diagnoses and lifting limitations:
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What type and extent of past or present medical issues do you have?
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How will they effect the overall treatment at the Stout Street Foundation?
- What medical treatments or medication will you need?
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Doctor’s order declaring you fit to work normal labor jobs.
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