HALIFAX – Officials with the Community Services Department say the recent closure of a Cape Breton addiction recovery centre has highlighted the need for better oversight of Nova Scotia’s recovery facilities.
Talbot House closed its doors in March in the middle of an organizational review by the department, launched following a complaint from a former resident over how the centre was run.
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The review concluded Talbot House hadn’t been operating in compliance with the standards set for recovery houses in 2008.
Marika Lathem, director of the department’s family and youth services division, told a legislature committee today that recovery houses have specific reporting requirements.
However, Lathem says the experience with Talbot House has shown that the department could “do things better” in terms of oversight.
Associate deputy minister George Savoury says the department will now conduct annual reviews of recovery houses.
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