Recovery Brands, LLC
📍 5901 E. 7th Street, Long Beach, CA 90822
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<p><strong>ABOUT VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM</strong></p> <p>The VA Long Beach Healthcare System in Los Angeles provides <strong>outpatient services</strong> to veterans with mental health and substance abuse issues. The VA Long Beach Healthcare System (VALBHS) encompasses the main center in Long Beach along with five outpatient clinics in Long Beach, Anaheim, Laguna Hills, Santa Ana, Santa Fe Springs.</p> <p>Veterans have access to <strong>employment and housing resources</strong> while female veterans have access to reproductive healthcare.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>The VA Long Beach Healthcare System serves veterans through traditional and intensive outpatient programming (IOP) at six locations. The VA center provides assessments and examinations. Though specific therapeutic details are unavailable, veterans may meet one-on-one with therapies and have medications administered as needed.</p> <p>Mental health services for women veterans include evaluation and assistance with anger management, depression, <strong><a href="https://www.rehabs.com/pro-talk-articles/sexual-trauma-and-addiction-understanding-child-sexual-abuse-and-drug-use/" target="_blank">sexual trauma therapy</a> and domestic violence programming,</strong> and other issues. Women Veterans have access to reproductive health care, preventive health screenings, tobacco deference treatment, and nutritional and weight counseling.</p> <p>The VA also provides <strong>employment assistance programs</strong> and specific programming for homeless and at-risk homeless veterans. <strong>Housing subsidies</strong> are available for veterans and their families.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>The VA’s Long Beach facility is led by a medical director. Though specific staffing information isn’t available, the VA employs more than 2,200 full-time employees. The facility’s website states that “VA Long Beach is the health care provider of choice for more than 50,000 Veterans.”</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>Two alumni polled by Rehabs.com gave mostly positive reviews with four- and five out of five stars given to the center’s overall treatment effectiveness. Alum Steven wrote that though accommodations were a weakness, treatment was “Free for Veterans.”</p> <p>On the center’s Facebook page, which it has the ability to manage, 346 reviewers gave VA Long Beach four out of five stars. Reviews tend to focus on the center as a whole though many individuals complimented staff members and overall quality of care. <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> Positive commentary continued to Google, where 176 reviewers gave the center an above-average rating of 3.9 out of five stars. <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small></p> <p><strong>WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY</strong></p> <p>Four loved ones surveyed by Rehabs.com to date gave mixed reviews concerning treatment at the Long Beach facility. Two of the four left mostly positive reviews with both individuals complimenting staff. Both individuals gave four out of five stars to treatment effectiveness and five out of five stars to the center’s overall accommodations.</p> <p>One anonymous loved one left mediocre three-star ratings but mentioned that “the aftercare and residential options for homeless veterans in recovery is helpful.”</p> <p>Another anonymous reviewer who gave the facility one out of five stars to most evaluated categories commented: “Not enough licensed personnel who speak English or are courteous to patients. Medical records lost continuously.”</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>Though the specific cost of treatment is not stated on the VA center’s website, the VA can accept private health insurance. The VA website maintains: “Generally, VA cannot bill Medicare, but can bill Medicare supplemental health insurance for covered services.”</p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a>https://www.facebook.com/pg/VALongBeach/reviews/?ref=page_internal</small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a>https://goo.gl/sOHBBt</small></p>
— Kaitlyn Arford · 2018-01-10 08:33:07 PST
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