Health Care Resource Centers

They provide outpatient and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Kittery is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Portsmouth, under a mile away.

They are outpatient, and nobody inside 14 miles of Portsmouth offers a bed, which is worth knowing if being away from home is the point of it.

Yes, they treat 65 and over, which is less common than it should be and rarer still outside a city the size of Portsmouth.

Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 8 centers near Portsmouth differ on it.

Aftercare is the step down: less intensive, longer lasting, and often the difference that lasts. A recurrence in the first month is common, and a plan that anticipates it is worth more than one that does not. Ask whether the aftercare is run by the program or handed to somebody else.

Most of the time, partly, and the share depends on the plan rather than on the center you pick. Prior authorization is normal for a residential stay and unusual for a single outpatient visit. Ask which level of care the plan has already approved, and for how many days.

Most people who recover have more than one attempt behind them. What changed, who was around, and whether medication was part of the plan are the questions worth asking after a recurrence. Nothing about calling again is unusual. Intake lines hear it daily.