Hi, EBD – is the cottage for ppl coming from out of town for day treatment? How does the level system apply to cottage hours (can you have phone, laptop, use of unsupervised bathroom)? What type of supervison / staff availability is offered at the cottage? Was their a room and boarding fee?
It sounds like PHP and resi are treated together (integrated groups & meals)?
Do you get to make grocery list suggestions? Go grocery shopping? Do they try to include food preferences or are the menus always standard and rotating? Were there any vegetarian or vegan clients while you were there? Do they allow tea and coffee at meals, snacks, between groups?
It sounds like you felt they did a good job providing individualized care. I’m looking for PHP w/
Housing that will employ harm reduction focus in my treatment plan. I completed a research based program for treatment resistant ED and they are trying to help me find a program that is willing to tailer treatment plan to our contract / agreement based on improving coping and quality of life moreso than weight gain – weight gain – weight gain.
I’m mid-30’s and need to be treated w/ respect and compassion. I also have other issues (sensory / ASD). The program seems to have a lot of adolescent focus, so I’m unsure if I’d be a good match Bc my issues are so different w/ a decades / life-long food battle that started as a child. I really need individualized treatment focus.
I’m really looking for structure, consistency, and accountability to maintain my stability rather than be pushed over the ledge. Do you think Hearth could manage that?
Hi ChronicED. I set up to receive email notifications if someone responded to my post and I’m glad I did! Unfortunately The Hearth Center closed it’s doors for the residential program. I believe they are just doing IOP and OP currently. I should have updated my post but I honestly forgot about it until I got the email notification that you had posted.
Thanks so much! I actually have a great lead at TranscendED! They are willing to do person-centered treatment planning and have contracted w/ my insurance company from a different region. Since my insurance is the one seeking a facility to single case agreement, it’s very promising (usually the program begs the insurance).
I hate to hear when promising, innovative approaches like Hearth don’t get a lift off and don’t last long. The status quo just isn’t sufficient for all. Whatever helps the majority doesn’t help the outliers! WHat about us?
I hope you are continuing to do well!
ebd623
9 years ago
The Hearth Center for Eating Disorders
The Hearth is located in Columbia, South Carolina and it offers residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient services. I was a part of PHP. They have a large campus because it was once a children’s orphanage and I stayed in a house they called the cottage on the property with three other adult women. We had the same schedule as the residential, we just walked over before 8 for vitals and got to leave after evening snack. We were able to have that bit of freedom in the evenings and I really liked it. The program is open to males but they do not accommodate males living in the facility.
When were you there: July-August 2014
Describe the average day:
Here’s my schedule for a Monday:
6:30 wake up
7 vitals/hygiene
8:30 breakfast
9:30 adult issues group
10:45 snack
11 process group
12:30 lunch
1:30 ACT therapy group
2:30 snack
3:15 cardio walk
4 DBT therapy group
5 dinner
6 music therapy
7:15 snack
8 wrap up group
What were the meals like?
Three meals with three snacks for everyone. You worked with the dietitian to personalize a meal plan based off of your goals. They base their menus off an exchange system like this one: http://healingforeatingdisorders.com/meal-plan-exchanges/
I was on weight gain and my daily menu was:
Breakfast- 2 starch, 1 fruit, 1 protein, 1 fat, 1 milk
Ex: 2 cups cheerios, 1 banana, 1 cup milk, 1 peanut butter
Snack- 1 fruit, 1 protein, 1 starch, 1 fat, 1 dairy
Ex: 1 apple, 1 Kashi granola bar, 1 yogurt
Lunch- 2 starch, 4 protein, 1 veg, 1 fruit, 2 fats, 1 dairy
Ex: Chicken salad on a pita with an orange
Snack- 1 dairy, 1 starch, 1 fruit, 1 fat
Dinner- 3 starch, 4 protein, 1 veg, 1 fat, 1 fruit
Ex: 1.5 cups rice, 4 ounces chicken, side salad with Italian dressing, and a pear
Snack- 1 starch, 1 fat, 1 dairy, 1 fruit
Each evening you filled out the menu for the following day and you could choose breakfast, snacks and the sides for lunch and dinner. You have the option of two different choices for lunch and dinner or you can choose the alternative cold option (sandwich) once per day. So basically not more than one sandwich per day. I found the majority of the food to be quite good and they do provide you with the appropriate condiments and are somewhat flexible working with you. You do have the opportunity when you first arrive to choose 3 foods that will not be included in your menu. For example, I chose cheese, roast beef, and ham.
What sort of food was available or served?
breakfast/snacks were similar foods—cheerios, oatmeal, grits, wheat bread, waffles, French toast, Kashi cereals, bran flakes, plain and fruit yogurt, cheese sticks, eggs, regular and chocolate milk, soy milk, apples, oranges, bananas, strawberries, pears, peanut butter, flax seeds, Morningstar patties, cliff bars, peanut butter crackers, graham crackers, Nutella, chia seeds
lunch/dinner— turkey meatloaf, greek wrap, grilled chicken, rice, sweet peas, chicken salad, chicken and cheese pita, tofu, pasta, turkey sandwiches, spaghetti, potatoes, kale, pork tortillas, beans, carrots, dinner rolls. It’s a little repetitive but I enjoyed most of it, especially the greek wrap. And beware of the three bean salad because it produced the worst smelling gas for us EVER.
Did they supplement? Yes they use Boost to supplement if you do not finish your meals. 50% is 1 can.
What privileges are allowed? It’s based off their level system but includes things like: phone time, passes, outings, and visitation hours. Electronics are not allowed in residential but they would try to accommodate your needs (like one girl was trying to work through registering for college courses)
Does it work on a level system? Yes, there was level 1, 2 and 3. You start out on level one with no visitation or outings and minimal phone time. Then it’s level two with some outings, visitation hours, passes, and more phone time. Level three is all passes and outings and phone times. You move up by complying with treatment and you can move up as quickly as once per week.
What sort of groups do they have? CBT, DBT, music therapy, art therapy, adult or adolescent issues, processing group, body image, yoga, walks, cooking group, skills process, community meetings, relapse prevention, nutrition group, health issues, goals and barriers group, therapeutic outings, restaurant outing challenges. They also do frequent crafts and it was amazing!
What was your favorite group? Their groups are all so great but I particularly liked the process and community groups.
What did you like the most? I really enjoyed the smaller atmosphere and the fact that the staff is more able to give you personalized care. I also really enjoyed the frequent crafts.
What did you like the least? I really can’t think of anything except for the fact that the toilet in our cottage overflowed multiple times because of the old plumbing.
Would you recommend this program? Absolutely. I truly believe it saved my life and I still talk to some of the girls I was there with.
What level of activity or exercise was allowed? If you were medically cleared, there was yoga twice per week and walks every other day.
What did people do on the weekends? Weekends were super boring. Some people had passes or visiting hours. There were some groups but it’s mostly laid back and they let us watch movies all day.
Do you get to know your weight? Not at the beginning but you work with your therapist to see it when deemed appropriate.
How fast is the weight gain process? 2 pounds per week
What was the average length of stay? around 6 weeks seemed to be the norm
What was the average age range? mostly around 18 but we had and 8 yo and a 34 yo
What kind of aftercare do they provide? Do they help you set up an OP treatment team? My discharge was rather sudden as insurance cut me, but the staff was extremely helpful in preparing me for going home given the short notice.
How many beds? They could accommodate 8 in residential and 4 in the cottage. Although they were making plans to expand the program when I was there.
Overall highly recommended. My 4 weeks spent there helped me so much and I’m so grateful to the staff because they truly makes the program amazing. If you have any questions whatsoever, please ask!
Hi, EBD – is the cottage for ppl coming from out of town for day treatment? How does the level system apply to cottage hours (can you have phone, laptop, use of unsupervised bathroom)? What type of supervison / staff availability is offered at the cottage? Was their a room and boarding fee?
It sounds like PHP and resi are treated together (integrated groups & meals)?
Do you get to make grocery list suggestions? Go grocery shopping? Do they try to include food preferences or are the menus always standard and rotating? Were there any vegetarian or vegan clients while you were there? Do they allow tea and coffee at meals, snacks, between groups?
It sounds like you felt they did a good job providing individualized care. I’m looking for PHP w/
Housing that will employ harm reduction focus in my treatment plan. I completed a research based program for treatment resistant ED and they are trying to help me find a program that is willing to tailer treatment plan to our contract / agreement based on improving coping and quality of life moreso than weight gain – weight gain – weight gain.
I’m mid-30’s and need to be treated w/ respect and compassion. I also have other issues (sensory / ASD). The program seems to have a lot of adolescent focus, so I’m unsure if I’d be a good match Bc my issues are so different w/ a decades / life-long food battle that started as a child. I really need individualized treatment focus.
I’m really looking for structure, consistency, and accountability to maintain my stability rather than be pushed over the ledge. Do you think Hearth could manage that?
Hi ChronicED. I set up to receive email notifications if someone responded to my post and I’m glad I did! Unfortunately The Hearth Center closed it’s doors for the residential program. I believe they are just doing IOP and OP currently. I should have updated my post but I honestly forgot about it until I got the email notification that you had posted.
Thanks so much! I actually have a great lead at TranscendED! They are willing to do person-centered treatment planning and have contracted w/ my insurance company from a different region. Since my insurance is the one seeking a facility to single case agreement, it’s very promising (usually the program begs the insurance).
I hate to hear when promising, innovative approaches like Hearth don’t get a lift off and don’t last long. The status quo just isn’t sufficient for all. Whatever helps the majority doesn’t help the outliers! WHat about us?
I hope you are continuing to do well!
The Hearth Center for Eating Disorders
The Hearth is located in Columbia, South Carolina and it offers residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient services. I was a part of PHP. They have a large campus because it was once a children’s orphanage and I stayed in a house they called the cottage on the property with three other adult women. We had the same schedule as the residential, we just walked over before 8 for vitals and got to leave after evening snack. We were able to have that bit of freedom in the evenings and I really liked it. The program is open to males but they do not accommodate males living in the facility.
When were you there: July-August 2014
Describe the average day:
Here’s my schedule for a Monday:
6:30 wake up
7 vitals/hygiene
8:30 breakfast
9:30 adult issues group
10:45 snack
11 process group
12:30 lunch
1:30 ACT therapy group
2:30 snack
3:15 cardio walk
4 DBT therapy group
5 dinner
6 music therapy
7:15 snack
8 wrap up group
What were the meals like?
Three meals with three snacks for everyone. You worked with the dietitian to personalize a meal plan based off of your goals. They base their menus off an exchange system like this one: http://healingforeatingdisorders.com/meal-plan-exchanges/
I was on weight gain and my daily menu was:
Breakfast- 2 starch, 1 fruit, 1 protein, 1 fat, 1 milk
Ex: 2 cups cheerios, 1 banana, 1 cup milk, 1 peanut butter
Snack- 1 fruit, 1 protein, 1 starch, 1 fat, 1 dairy
Ex: 1 apple, 1 Kashi granola bar, 1 yogurt
Lunch- 2 starch, 4 protein, 1 veg, 1 fruit, 2 fats, 1 dairy
Ex: Chicken salad on a pita with an orange
Snack- 1 dairy, 1 starch, 1 fruit, 1 fat
Dinner- 3 starch, 4 protein, 1 veg, 1 fat, 1 fruit
Ex: 1.5 cups rice, 4 ounces chicken, side salad with Italian dressing, and a pear
Snack- 1 starch, 1 fat, 1 dairy, 1 fruit
Each evening you filled out the menu for the following day and you could choose breakfast, snacks and the sides for lunch and dinner. You have the option of two different choices for lunch and dinner or you can choose the alternative cold option (sandwich) once per day. So basically not more than one sandwich per day. I found the majority of the food to be quite good and they do provide you with the appropriate condiments and are somewhat flexible working with you. You do have the opportunity when you first arrive to choose 3 foods that will not be included in your menu. For example, I chose cheese, roast beef, and ham.
What sort of food was available or served?
breakfast/snacks were similar foods—cheerios, oatmeal, grits, wheat bread, waffles, French toast, Kashi cereals, bran flakes, plain and fruit yogurt, cheese sticks, eggs, regular and chocolate milk, soy milk, apples, oranges, bananas, strawberries, pears, peanut butter, flax seeds, Morningstar patties, cliff bars, peanut butter crackers, graham crackers, Nutella, chia seeds
lunch/dinner— turkey meatloaf, greek wrap, grilled chicken, rice, sweet peas, chicken salad, chicken and cheese pita, tofu, pasta, turkey sandwiches, spaghetti, potatoes, kale, pork tortillas, beans, carrots, dinner rolls. It’s a little repetitive but I enjoyed most of it, especially the greek wrap. And beware of the three bean salad because it produced the worst smelling gas for us EVER.
Did they supplement? Yes they use Boost to supplement if you do not finish your meals. 50% is 1 can.
What privileges are allowed? It’s based off their level system but includes things like: phone time, passes, outings, and visitation hours. Electronics are not allowed in residential but they would try to accommodate your needs (like one girl was trying to work through registering for college courses)
Does it work on a level system? Yes, there was level 1, 2 and 3. You start out on level one with no visitation or outings and minimal phone time. Then it’s level two with some outings, visitation hours, passes, and more phone time. Level three is all passes and outings and phone times. You move up by complying with treatment and you can move up as quickly as once per week.
What sort of groups do they have? CBT, DBT, music therapy, art therapy, adult or adolescent issues, processing group, body image, yoga, walks, cooking group, skills process, community meetings, relapse prevention, nutrition group, health issues, goals and barriers group, therapeutic outings, restaurant outing challenges. They also do frequent crafts and it was amazing!
What was your favorite group? Their groups are all so great but I particularly liked the process and community groups.
What did you like the most? I really enjoyed the smaller atmosphere and the fact that the staff is more able to give you personalized care. I also really enjoyed the frequent crafts.
What did you like the least? I really can’t think of anything except for the fact that the toilet in our cottage overflowed multiple times because of the old plumbing.
Would you recommend this program? Absolutely. I truly believe it saved my life and I still talk to some of the girls I was there with.
What level of activity or exercise was allowed? If you were medically cleared, there was yoga twice per week and walks every other day.
What did people do on the weekends? Weekends were super boring. Some people had passes or visiting hours. There were some groups but it’s mostly laid back and they let us watch movies all day.
Do you get to know your weight? Not at the beginning but you work with your therapist to see it when deemed appropriate.
How fast is the weight gain process? 2 pounds per week
What was the average length of stay? around 6 weeks seemed to be the norm
What was the average age range? mostly around 18 but we had and 8 yo and a 34 yo
What kind of aftercare do they provide? Do they help you set up an OP treatment team? My discharge was rather sudden as insurance cut me, but the staff was extremely helpful in preparing me for going home given the short notice.
How many beds? They could accommodate 8 in residential and 4 in the cottage. Although they were making plans to expand the program when I was there.
Overall highly recommended. My 4 weeks spent there helped me so much and I’m so grateful to the staff because they truly makes the program amazing. If you have any questions whatsoever, please ask!