Shalom House, a faith-based rehabilitation provider, will close its 20-bed facility in Kalgoorlie-Boulder by the end of February 2023. The closure leaves Goldfields Rehabilitation Services as the only residential rehabilitation provider in the city, with a waiting list of over 150 people.
Shalom House is closing its 20-bed rehabilitation facility in Kalgoorlie after opening in mid-2022.Rehabilitation provider Shalom House will close its Kalgoorlie-Boulder facility to focus on its Swan Valley operations near Perth.
The so-called "tough love" rehabilitation provider Shalom House is set to close its Kalgoorlie-Boulder facility by the end of February after only two local residents enrolled in the program since its launch in mid-2022. "But logistically, for me to have a rehab in Kalgoorlie, and then not using it ... logistically it's just easier for us to operate out of Perth."
Former drug dealer and reformed addict Peter Lyndon-James spent about 26 years in and out of institutions.The closure leaves Goldfields Rehabilitation Services, funded by the WA government's Mental Health Commission, as the only provider of residential rehabilitation in Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Hope's acting CEO Rachel Emer said demand for services in regional WA were increasing every year and becoming "more complex and multi-faceted".
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