TRI Center Inc

They are set up for 2 levels: outpatient and telemedicine. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of New York, 1 offers a bed.

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

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

New York has 1,112 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

They take court referrals, which usually means they are used to the reporting side of it. Courts in New York send people to places set up for it rather than to any opening.

It is medical treatment for a medical condition, prescribed and monitored like any other. How long someone stays on a medication varies from months to years, and that decision belongs with a prescriber. Ask how long the medication is expected to continue, and who reviews it.

The rule covers the first phone call too, before you are a patient and whether or not you ever become one. A release of information is how that changes, it is signed by you, and it can name one person and one purpose. If you want someone kept informed, sign the release early rather than during a crisis.

Think documents and medication first, comforts second. Chargers, razors and anything with a cord are often held and signed out when needed rather than kept in the room. Put the medication list together before anything else, and include doses and who prescribed them.