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They are set up for 1 level: inpatient residential. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Oakland, 3 offer a bed.

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

Yes, they treat 65 and over, which is less common than it should be and rarer still outside a city the size of Oakland.

The nearest other center is under a mile away, in Oakland, and there are 8 inside 14 miles.

No. If medication matters to you ask directly, because it is the hardest thing to change later and not every place around Oakland offers it.

The order decides what gets reported. The clinical plan is decided the way it is for anybody else. What gets reported is attendance and completion, not what you said in a session, unless the order says otherwise. Tell the program about the deadline in the order at the start, not near it.

The list comes with you and gets reviewed. Nothing on it should change on a policy rather than a prescription. Where a program has no prescriber, your own doctor stays in charge of what you take. Keep your own prescriber in the loop rather than letting the handover happen by itself.

Going back into treatment is normal, and most centers treat people who have been through it before. Shame is the main reason people wait, and waiting is the thing that makes it worse. Ask what this program would do differently from the last one.