About Kindred Hospital Chicago North – Chicago
Kindred Hospital Chicago – North is a long-term acute care hospital with many departments. Their behavioral health services provide acute inpatient psychiatric care for adults. This unit has 30 beds for anyone experiencing a psychiatric crisis.
During your stay in this unit, you’ll have 24/7 supervision and care by mental health technicians and nurses. But you won’t just sit in your room the whole time. You’ll have daily structured activities that can help you get back to completing daily skills. You’ll also have recreational activities and expressive therapy to help with stress relief and processing emotion. Individual, group and family therapy might also be part of your custom treatment plan.
I like that they offer free parking in certain lots and provide local accommodations and restaurants for family and friends who might come to be with you during your treatment.
The goal of this unit is to stabilize you so that you can step down into another level of care or return home. The staff will work to help you transition to the next step in your recovery.
Previous clients have mixed opinions. Previous clients who were happy mainly mention the overall experience that they or their loved one had at this location. Those who were unhappy tend to focus on a specific healthcare professional. It’s worth noting that the owner commented on negative reviews and invited them to reach out.
Kindred Hospital provides virtual tours online as well as lets you schedule in-person tours. They are active on their social media pages as well giving you another way to be in contact.