Admissions at RBHN Rehab

Most patients spend three to seven days in detox, then thirty to ninety days in residential, then eight to twelve weeks in IOP. For families, this means the most intensive period - residential - is also the period when phone access is most limited. Family programming runs Thursdays throughout, and visiting begins the second weekend. We will walk you through a realistic timeline on the first call so you and your loved one know what to expect together.

Probably more than you are expecting. We are in-network with ten major plans - Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid, Medicare, Optum, Humana, Anthem, Kaiser, Health Net, and Magellan - and even out-of-network plans typically cover a meaningful portion. Our admissions team verifies in under an hour and gives you (and the family member who is paying or co-signing) the actual numbers before you commit to anything.

Family is part of the clinical work, not a side audience. Our family programming runs every Thursday evening throughout residential and continues into the outpatient phase. Spouses, parents, adult children, and adult siblings are welcome - the structure is based on family-systems theory, taught by clinicians who specialize in this work. We also host a free weekly consultation call for Lafayette-area families whether or not your loved one is currently a patient at RBHN.

Substance use treatment records are protected by federal law (42 CFR Part 2), which is meaningfully stricter than HIPAA. We will not confirm or deny that any specific person is a patient here without explicit written authorization. Many of our patients take FMLA or short-term disability without disclosing the specific reason. We can walk you through the legal and practical landscape during the admissions call.

Withdrawal can be serious - alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal in particular can be life-threatening if managed without medical supervision, which is exactly why supervised detox exists. Your loved one will have a physician monitoring them, comfort medication around the clock, a nurse within reach, and a quiet room designed for the hardest hours. We use CIWA and COWS scoring and adjust comfort protocols every two hours through the acute phase. Detox at RBHN is not the awful experience family members are often imagining.

Many of our patients have. Substance use disorder behaves like a chronic illness - hypertension, asthma, diabetes - all of which have similar or higher recurrence rates. Prior attempts are not failures; they are clinical data. The intake team takes them seriously, asks what worked even briefly, what triggered relapse, and builds the plan around the reality of your family member's history rather than starting from a blank page.

This is one of the most common questions we get from families. The clinical research is clear: forcing someone into treatment through ambush-style interventions tends to produce short-term compliance and long-term dropout. Our admissions team can help you think through how to bring the conversation to your loved one in a way that gives them agency. The first call - made by you, on their behalf - costs nothing and commits no one to anything.

Discharge is a transition, not an endpoint. Every patient leaves with a step-down plan (typically PHP or IOP), alumni group access, a relapse prevention kit, and a 24-hour peer-support contact for the first 90 days. Family programming continues through the outpatient phase. Monthly alumni events on our campus continue indefinitely - many graduates and their families remain connected for years.

Yes. A clinically trained admissions specialist answers the line twenty-four hours a day, every day. Call (831) 270-9518 or email [email protected]. The first call is confidential and commits you to nothing.