Posts Tagged ‘rehab program’

Question by duckE: Rehab for heroin/marijuana addicts?
My cousin has pissed all our family against him but me he’s gone to rehab like 3 different times when he lived with his dad 6 years ago was last time but there really was no one pulling/supporting him not even his parents then he’s been living at grandmas but pushed her to her limits so my grandma has told all her kids to promise not get sucked in as he will just steal and go get more drugs but no one during his 2 year stay here has even attempted talk to him about rehab he’s been kicked out of grandmas house no money no job no idea where he’s staying I’m only 19 parents say he can’t stay here with us but will help him in any other way and now no ones heard from him never been through this so what do i do? invite to dinner figure something out with him talk it through? we live in Texas any rehabs you know of? know anybody been through the program does visitors help? Should we get a intervention specialist whose been through it all? I know its long Q I’m just scared that while he’s down and out he will be totally unsafe all those bad needle stories i don’t know just really freaking out here he’s always been my favorite cuz way to sweet to give up on!

Question by SHELTIELUVER: Have you or someone you’re close to been to a residental drug rehab that they’d recommend?
I really need to get into a place but I have no insurance and I’m not working. My parents are willing to help but can only afford around $ 10,000 at the most for a 30 day program. I want to go somewhere very reputable with a caring staff and that is a nice place (it doesn’t have to be a luxury place, just somewhere clean and in a relaxing environment). I wanted to go somewhere that had a gym so I could get back into shape because I think that you need to learn to take care of your mind, spirit, and body in recovery. I’ve asked this question several times before and people were really mean so don’t bother answering if you can’t say anything helpful. I am very serious about getting better and haven’t used anything in over a week already!

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Question by featherjack: my boyfriend is in an acute care rehab hospital?
he had 2 failed hip replacement surgeries, and got a really bad staph infection. he has no right hip at present. the acute care facility wants to discharge him to my house. he needs antibiotic injections every 4 hrs, is in much pain, cannot use right foot at all (right hip will be out until infection is cured (about another 4 weeks) and then another 6 weeks of strengthening physical therapy exercises. then he will get the new (3rd) hip replacement put in. after that, he will need physical therapy.
i am afraid to have him at home now, because i do not think it is safe. he outweighs me by more than 100 lbs, and the iv antibiotic injections must be given every 4 hrs., round the clock. he dreads going to a nursing home, where the care is very poor, the physical therapy is minimal, the homes are very understaffed.
much as i would love to have him at home, i do not think i am capable of caring for him. i’m not strong (can lift a max of 10 lbs. and have a torn meniscus in my right knee.
i think i am going to have to tell him i can not let him come home until the antibiotic injections are finished and the infection is totally cured. i think i could handle it if he then came home….with wheelchair and walker. (he cannot put any pressure on his right leg because he has no hip). but he cries when i mention the nursing home. i am trying to get the acute care rehab hospital to keep him till the infection is completely gone. that makes sense to me. it takes 2 attendants to move him from bed to walker to bathroom, or to wheelchair. in our local nursing homes, instead of taking patients to the bathroom when they need to go, they prefer that they soil themselves in bed and then get changed. it’s an ugly situation.
any ideas on how to convince the acute care hospital to keep him at least till the infection is cured???
this is heartbreaking. i don’t want to disappoint him. he cries, and he’s NOT a whiner. but i don’t think he will be same at home yet.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS ON WHAT I SHOULD DO????
thank you for any and all ideas.