Shepherds Shelter/Ross Rehab

They provide outpatient, inpatient residential and telemedicine. The nearest alternative is in Owingsville, 11 miles away, if you want something to compare it against.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Mount Sterling, 4.0 miles away.

Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 6 centers near Mount Sterling differ on it.

They take older adults as well as young adults from 18 to 25 and adults from 26 to 64. Ask who reviews existing prescriptions, because that is the part that matters most for an older adult in Mount Sterling.

They offer a program for veterans, which not every center around Mount Sterling does.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which means the medication side is handled here rather than referred out to somewhere else in Mount Sterling.

Aftercare is the step down: less intensive, longer lasting, and often the difference that lasts. A recurrence in the first month is common, and a plan that anticipates it is worth more than one that does not. Ask how the medication prescription continues after discharge, and who writes it.

Going back into treatment is normal, and most centers treat people who have been through it before. What was learned the first time usually shapes a better plan the second. Ask whether the program takes somebody back directly or wants a fresh assessment first.