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Drug Addiction Facts

  • Heroin users eventually cease to experience feelings of pleasure from the drug, and they will have to continue taking the drug just to feel normal.
  • Alcohol can damage the cells lining the stomach and intestines, blocking the absorption and breakdown of nutrients in those organs.
  • Rates of alcohol abuse are highest among individuals with less than a college degree.

Addiction-treatment-center.jpgOnce you have decided to make a change and get help for your addiction problem, the next step is to explaore your treatment facility options. Keep in mind that there is no one-size fits all facility. The most effective way to find an appropriate treatment program that meets your particular needs is to speak with an addiction treatment professional who can assess your specific situation and give you various treatment facility options based on your exact needs. We can help you with this. Simply call our Drug Treatment Help-Line at 1-877-683-7818 and you will be connected to an addiction treatment specialist who can help you find the correct treatment program for you.

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Outpatient

Outpatient services are on the bottom end of the spectrum of treatment solutions in terms of level of care, since the individual is able to keep their lifestyle in lots of ways with no commitment of needing to remain in a rehab facility while undergoing rehab services. Although this may seem perfect it will not provide the required change of surroundings than a lot of people in rehabilitation have to have to have a successful rehab.

ASL or Other Assistance for Hearing Impaired

The hearing impaired are often prone to alcoholism and drug and alcohol use due to the challenges their impairment impose on them. While discovery of this problem can often be hard among the hearing impaired, you can find ASL along with other assistance services designed for them when substance abuse rehab is required. Apart from ASL, such services can sometimes include assistive listening equipment and captioned video materials to ensure that deaf and hearing impaired people are receiving the support they need in drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

Spanish

Not all drug and alcohol rehab facilities possess the staff or wherewithal to focus on the needs of Spanish speaking clients, but thankfully there are more and more programs that are able to do so because the need for Spanish services is higher than ever before. Therapy, study information and so on are now very often obtainable in Spanish in both long and short terms programs which deliver inpatient or residential treatment and outpatient Spanish rehabilitation is also available nationwide.

Other Languages

In every city in the U.S. there's someone fighting drug use that isn't necessarily fluent in English, who might require rehabilitation in whatever language it is they are fluent in to ensure their needs may be catered to properly during rehab. Luckily, there are lots of alcohol and drug rehab facilities that have counselors within their facility who speak other languages to make drug and alcohol treatment the most effective experience possible for any individual. Simply discover a top quality alcohol and drug rehab facility and find out if it is feasible to receive rehab in other languages.

Self Payment

Self Payment is necessary when a person's insurance won't cover the entire cost of rehab or will only pay for part of it. In these cases, it may appear like a disadvantage but people actually have a great deal of leverage because they can decide on whichever facility they would like without the restrictions from health insurers that so many individuals encounter. Likewise, rehab programs will often offer payment assistance for people whose only option is self payment to enable them to get into treatment.

Medicaid

Certain rehabilitation programs will take Medicaid if the individual is unable to self pay or present some other kind of private medical insurance. Medicaid may only cover outpatient and short-term treatment within a limited amount of programs, and in this instance individuals may want to explore the self pay alternative and drum up any resources they are able to to fund a more quality rehabilitation program which will produce better results, like a long-term residential alcohol and drug rehabilitation center.

Medicare

Medicare recipients can receive rehabilitation at drug rehabilitation programs which deliver either inpatient or outpatient treatment when the program is included in the network of Medicare-participating providers and with the authorization of their Medicare appointed doctor, who must help out with setting up the person's rehabilitation plan. Inpatient solutions are provided through Medicare Medicare Part A, with out of pocket costs being similar to any other kind of hospital stay, and outpatient rehabilitation being paid for through Medicare Medicare Part B.

State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid)

State financed insurance other than Medicaid can be used to cover the costs of alcohol and drug rehabilitation if other kinds of insurance or self payment aren't a possibility. If a person doesn't have any private insurance and doesn't yet know if they may be eligible for state insurance, they should seek advice from their Social Services office in their area to figure out if they are and then apply. The majority of state financed insurance will cover both outpatient and inpatient treatment, but generally only within the state which offers the insurance coverage.

Private Health Insurance

Depending on which program you are covered by, all private health insurance plans typically cover some sort of alcohol and drug rehab service which range from outpatient rehab to inpatient or residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers. Individuals might have to participate in a drug treatment center that is inside their network of providers and there could be other restrictions including how long their stay in treatment is covered. Individuals can select a good program they prefer and speak with a rehabilitation counselor to ascertain if their insurance covers it.

Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare)

Military insurance such as VA and Tricare does cover the price of particular substance abuse rehab services. Detox services, outpatient and inpatient centers and also partial hospitalization are all covered by military insurance, although military members may require pre-authorization in which case they can liaise with their VA or Tricare representative. There may be some restrictions regarding the length of time a stay in inpatient alcohol and drug rehabilitation is allowed, and every one of these questions will be answered before you start treatment so that it's clear just how long and individual can remain in the rehabilitation center of preference.

  • Thorek Memorial Hospital
    Thorek Memorial Hospital is located at:

    850 West Irving Park Road
    Chicago, IL. 60613

    If you would like to contact Thorek Memorial Hospital, you can reach them at 773-525-6780.

    Thorek Memorial Hospital offers the following treatment services: Outpatient, Asl Or Other Assistance For Hearing Impaired, Spanish, Other Languages
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid), Private Health Insurance, Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare)

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