2 Visitors Per Patient at One Time
Visiting Hours
Visitors are allowed to visit during specific visiting hours. These specific hours will be provided at the time of admission.
Flu Season
Please do not enter hospital property if you are experiencing, or may have been exposed to, flu symptoms.
Patient Codes
All our patients have an access code that they must provide to anyone with whom they want to have contact with while they are in the hospital. If you do not have this code, we are legally obligated not to provide you with any information regarding that patient, including if they are a patient here. You will also not be allowed to visit a patient without this access code.
Visitor Identification Badges
You must check in with the receptionist in the lobby before you present to the units. The receptionist will provide you with a dated visitor sticker when you sign in and we require that you wear this sticker in a prominent place at all times while on our grounds. If you present without this sticker, you will be asked to return to the receptionist. Visitor ID Badges must be surrendered to staff when visitation is over.
Purses, Backpacks, Bags, Cell Phones, Food & Drink Items, etc.
Visitors are not allowed to bring these items into Desert Parkway Behavioral Hospital. Visitor’s lockers shall be provided for all belongings, however, it is our suggestion that you leave these items locked in the trunk of your vehicle. (Don’t forget your keys!)
Visitors
All visitors must be at least 18 years old, all visitation will occur in designated areas of the dining room. No visitation will occur behind closed doors, in patient rooms, and/or on the patient unit.
Flowers & Balloons
We strongly discourage our visitors from bringing these items to the hospital. If flowers or balloons are brought in, they will be kept at the nurse’s station and cannot be in patient rooms. We suggest that you wait until the patient returns home to present these items so that they can fully enjoy them.
Patient Belongings & Valuables
If you are bringing items to leave with a patient (i.e. clothing, toiletries, etc.), please give all items to the staff. Some items may be sent home with you if they are considered to be contraband.
Visit Termination
If at any time during your visit, you become disruptive or if your presence is upsetting to the patient, you may be asked to leave. All patients have the right to refuse any visitor and have the option to terminate your visit at any time.
Contraband
The following items are considered to be contraband on all patient units. These items are not allowed on the unit. If a patient or visitor brings them in, they will be kept and stored until discharge: Alcohol or any drug related paraphernalia, sharp objects such as razors, scissors, glass bottles, mirrors, picture frames, needles, pins, aluminum cans, spiral notebooks, keys, make-up pencil sharpeners, paper clips, hair clips, underwire bras, and any other item with sharp edges or which can be broken to create sharp edges, shoe laces, belts, panty hose, rope, head bands, ace bandages, clothing with draw strings or long ties, matches and lighters, aerosol cans or fireworks of any kind, personal televisions, stereos, video games, CD players/recorders, boom boxes, computers, palm pilots, pagers, cell phones, any item with an electrical cord, etc, magazines, books, pictures or clothing items depicting drug or alcohol use, violence, racism, gangs, sexual situations or activities, Satanism or otherwise potentially offensive material, cameras, camcorders or any type of audio or visual recording device, weapons of any kind, candles or incense, plastic bags, medications of any kind, and any other item deemed inappropriate or dangerous by the clinical staff.
We hope that you enjoy your visit at Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital. Thank you for being a part of your friend or loved ones treatment. If you have any questions regarding these guidelines, please ask a member of our staff.
