Pyramid Healthcare Inc

They provide inpatient residential and telemedicine. The nearest alternative is in Duncansville, 4.9 miles away, if you want something to compare it against.

No detox here. A center can still take someone after a detox elsewhere, which is the common order of events, and the nearest one is 1.8 miles away in Altoona.

They work in 1 language beyond English: Sign language. Ask whether the group sessions in Altoona are in it too, or only the one to one ones.

Older adults, plus young adults from 18 to 25 and adults from 26 to 64. Ask how the groups are arranged in Altoona, because a wide age range often still means one room.

They offer a telemedicine option. What that covers varies, and a first appointment in Altoona often still has to be in person.

A well designed program treats its own ending as a handover rather than a finish. Sober living is housing with rules rather than treatment, and the rules vary more than the brochures suggest. Get the follow up appointment into the diary before the program ends.

Compare what each one actually provides rather than how each one describes itself. What a program arranges for the weeks after discharge says more about it than anything in its own description. Ask every place the same four questions and compare the answers side by side.

Privacy rules on this are tighter than most people expect, and they apply from the first phone call. There are narrow exceptions, including a medical emergency and a court order, and they are narrower than people assume. Ask for a copy of whatever release you sign, and read what it covers.