Recovery Brands, LLC
📍 14703 Avery Road, Rockville, MD 20850
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Reviewers frequently praised the knowledgeable and compassionate staff, with several crediting the facility with saving their lives. However, others criticized the discharge planning and intake process, and some noted that the building was in need of repairs and new furniture. While one reviewer found the treatment affordable, another described the cost as high.
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<p><strong>ABOUT AVERY ROAD TREATMENT CENTER</strong></p> <p>Located in Rockville, Md., about 40 miles southwest of Baltimore, Avery Road Treatment Center (ARTC) provides <strong>intensive inpatient services and medically managed detoxification</strong> for low-income residents of Montgomery County who are struggling with substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders.</p> <p>Though under contract to expand, the existing facility has 60 beds: 20 for medical detox and 40 for intermediate care. ARTC is also <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/MD17.pdf" target="_blank">one of just 14 (3.6 percent of) facilities in the state of Maryland that provides non-hospital detoxification services</a>.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>Avery Road Treatment Center (ARTC) admits self-referring clients as well as individuals who’ve been referred by Access to Behavioral Health, jail, hospitals, and other treatment providers.</p> <p>According to the center’s website, <strong>priority admission is given to pregnant women, individuals diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, or tuberculosis, and those with child welfare or criminal justice involvement</strong>. As such, ARTC is <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/MD17.pdf" target="_blank">one of 245 (63.3 percent of) facilities in the state that works with HIV-affected individuals and one of 225 (58.1 percent of) that works with those affected by Hepatitis C</a>.</p> <p>In early 2017, ARTC received approval to undergo a major renovation to improve its facility. Construction was scheduled and expected to begin in late 2018.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>There is currently no information provided by the facility’s website regarding its treatment staff.</p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>Though under contract to expand, the existing facility has 20 beds for medical detox and 40 beds for intermediate care. To date, Montgomery County is building a replacement facility that will expand its client capacity for inpatient treatment.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>The eight former clients surveyed by Rehabs.com to date provided <strong>mostly positive feedback on their experiences</strong> with ARTC. Some alumni, like Donna, Victoria, and Marta, <strong>credited the facility with saving their lives</strong>. Although Donna felt that the building was “in need of a major ‘facelift,” she told Rehabs.com that she “would probably be dead if it weren’t for their compassion and encouragement and even their ‘tough love approach.’”</p> <p>Complaints amongst alumni were scarce. One anonymous reviewer highlighted the “high cost” cost of treatment while M.D. warned others to “AVOID THIS ((TREATMENT CENTER AT ALL COSTS" with no further explanation.</p> <p><strong>Feedback available across secondary sources was more mixed</strong>. To date, ARTC has average ratings of 3.2 and 3.8 out of five stars, respectively, based on 17 Google reviews and five CiteHealth reviews. While some reviewers claimed that they’d prefer jail over ARTC, others described the staff as “experienced, professional, and caring” and the program itself as a “hard-core tough love” type. “If you are really serious about recovery, you can get it here,” wrote one.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small></p> <p><strong>WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY</strong></p> <p>In the sole Rehabs.com survey response from a loved one, dissatisfied mother Lisa awarded ARTC just one out of five stars in indicating how ineffective treatment and the discharge process was for her son. “Go anywhere else in the entire state and then compare to Avery Road,” she advised others. “In comparison to other programs in Maryland --there ratings would be the lowest.”</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>According to <a href="http://citehealth.com/rehab-centers/maryland/cities/rockville/avery-road-treatment-center" target="_blank">CiteHealth</a>, ARTC accepts Medicaid, state-financed insurance, and private health insurance, respectively making it, <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/MD17.pdf" target="_blank">one of just 292 (75.5 percent of), 167 (43.2 percent of), and 229 (59.2 percent of) in the state to do so</a>.</p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=avery+road+treatment+center&oq=avery+road+treatment+center&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.154j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#lrd=0x89b7cdf4d3cb5d0d:0x41d74260cb6fa74b,1," target="_blank">https://www.google.com/search?q=avery+road+treatment+center&oq=avery+road+treatment+center&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.154j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#lrd=0x89b7cdf4d3cb5d0d:0x41d74260cb6fa74b,1,</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://citehealth.com/rehab-centers/maryland/cities/rockville/avery-road-treatment-center#reviews" target="_blank">https://citehealth.com/rehab-centers/maryland/cities/rockville/avery-road-treatment-center#reviews</a></small></p>
— Jordon Kosoffsky · 2019-02-13 14:16:38 PST
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