Questions to ask when considering drug alcohol rehab...
- Does the program accept your insurance, credit cards?
- How long has the rehab been established and in business?
- Who started the program and why?
- What is the rehab's mission statement and philosophy?
- What is the longest tenure of the staff members?
- Will you be sharing a room with someone else, and if so how is that determined?
- Is there a licensed program director on staff?
- Can you have visitors, cell phones, computers?
- How much free time do you have, as opposed to being actively engaged in treatment?
- Is this a gender specific program?
- Do you prepare your own meals-is food an additional charge?
- Is the program run by state-accredited, licensed and/or trained professionals?
- Is the facility clean, organized and well-run?
- Is there an additional charge for detox if necessary?
- Are travel costs included in program fee?
- Does the program encompass the full range of needs of the individual (medical: including infectious diseases; psychological: including co-occurring mental illness; social; vocational; legal; etc.)?
- Is long-term aftercare support and/or guidance encouraged, provided and maintained?
- Is there ongoing assessment of an individual's treatment plan to ensure it meets changing needs?
- Does the program employ strategies to engage and keep individuals in longer-term treatment, increasing the likelihood of success?
- Does the program offer counseling (individual or group) and other behavioral therapies to enhance the individual's ability to function in the family /community?
- Does the program offer medication as part of the treatment regimen, if appropriate?
- Is there ongoing monitoring of possible relapse to help guide patients back to abstinence?
- Are services or referrals offered to family members to ensure they understand addiction and the recovery process to help them support the recovering individual?
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