El Regreso Inc

INTENSIVE RESIDENTIAL CARE AND OUTPATIENT TREATMENT SERVICES FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, EDUCATION/VOCATIONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL, RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR THEIR PARTICIPANTS. INPATIENT: RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS ARE THOSE THAT OFFER HOUSING AND MEALS IN ADDITION TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT. REHAB FACILITIES THAT OFFER RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT ALLOW PATIENTS TO FOCUS SOLELY ON RECOVERY, IN AN ENVIRONMENT TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THEIR LIVES. SOME REHAB CENTERS SPECIALIZE IN SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT (A FEW DAYS TO A WEEK OR TWO), WHILE OTHERS SOLELY PROVIDE TREATMENT ON A LONG-TERM BASIS (SEVERAL WEEKS TO MONTHS). SOME OFFER BOTH, AND TAILOR TREATMENT TO THE PATIENT'S INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS. OUTPATIENT: OUTPATIENT PROGRAMS (OP) ARE FOR THOSE SEEKING MENTAL REHAB OR DRUG REHAB, BUT WHO ALSO STAY AT HOME EVERY NIGHT. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUTPATIENT TREATMENT (OP) AND INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT (IOP) LIES IN THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THE PATIENT SPENDS AT THE FACILITY. MOST OF THE TIME AN OUTPATIENT PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS COMPLETED AN INPATIENT STAY AND IS LOOKING TO CONTINUE THEIR GROWTH IN RECOVERY. OUTPATIENT IS NOT MEANT TO BE THE STARTING POINT, IT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS AFTERCARE. INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT: CERTAIN DRUG AND ALCOHOL REHABS HAVE STANDARD TREATMENT REGIMES THEY EXPECT ALL PATIENTS TO FOLLOW. OTHERS OFFER INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT, MEANING THEY TAILOR TREATMENT TO A PERSON'S SPECIFIC BACKGROUND AND NEEDS. FOR EXAMPLE, A REHAB FACILITY MAY ADJUST A TREATMENT PROGRAM TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE TYPE OF DRUG OR ADDICTION FROM WHICH THE PERSON SUFFERS, THEIR AGE, MEDICAL CONDITION(S), RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, OR LIFESTYLE. AFTERCARE SUPPORT: COMPLETING A DRUG OR ALCOHOL REHAB PROGRAM SHOULDN'T SPELL THE END OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT. AFTERCARE INVOLVES MAKING A SUSTAINABLE PLAN FOR RECOVERY, INCLUDING ONGOING SUPPORT. THIS CAN INCLUDE SOBER LIVING ARRANGEMENTS LIKE HALFWAY HOUSES, CAREER COUNSELING, AND SETTING A PATIENT UP WITH COMMUNITY PROGRAMS LIKE ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (AA) OR NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS (NA).