SalusCare - Vince Smith Campus

They are set up for 3 levels: inpatient residential, outpatient and telemedicine. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Fort Myers, 4 offer a bed.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Fort Myers, 1.9 miles away.

They offer telemedicine, so some of this can be done by video rather than traveling into Fort Myers.

They treat both. Confirm it for the specific diagnosis rather than in general, because transitional services and recovery support services covers a lot of ground and Fort Myers may have a narrower service than a bigger city would.

Yes, they treat people in Spanish. Whether that means a counselor who speaks it or an interpreter is worth asking, and Fort Myers has 8 other centers to ask the same of.

There is usually a plan for afterwards, covering appointments, medication and somewhere to go each week. Sober living is housing with rules rather than treatment, and the rules vary more than the brochures suggest. Ask what is scheduled for the first seven days after discharge.

Programs are sold in blocks and recovery does not work in them, which is the tension inside this question. Partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient sit between residential and standard outpatient care, at a few hours a day. Ask what the criteria for leaving are, because some programs have them written down.

The practical question is not severity but what you go home to each night. A stable home and someone in it who is on your side makes outpatient care far more workable. Call (844) 822-5800 and someone can walk through which level fits before you start ringing centers.