Recovery Brands, LLC
📍 511 Perry St., Defiance, OH 43512
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<p><strong>ABOUT SERENITY HAVEN</strong></p> <p>Opened in 1999 by Recovery Services of Northwest Ohio, Serenity Haven is a <strong>residential treatment facility for women</strong>, one of the <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/OH17.pdf" target="_blank">188 (46 percent) facilities in Ohio</a> to have programing specifically for women. The program is located in rural Fayette, Ohio and focuses on chemical dependency, mental health, and <a href="https://www.recovery.org/topics/dual-diagnosis-recovery/" target="_blank">co-occurring disorders</a>. It is also one of the <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/OH17.pdf" target="_blank">82 (20 percent) of Ohio facilities</a> with specialized treatment for pregnant women.</p> <p>As a whole, Recovery Services of Northwest Ohio also offers outpatient services, medication-assisted treatment, and <a href="https://www.recovery.org/topics/extended-recovery-programs/" target="_blank">aftercare programs</a>, as well as tracks for men and adolescents. Detox is not available. </p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>Serenity Haven is a part of <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/OH17.pdf" target="_blank">Ohio’s 316 (77.3 percent) of private, nonprofit treatment facilities</a>. Clients undergo a diagnostic assessment upon intake to determine the course for treatment. This assessment includes components for both mental health and substance abuse.</p> <p><strong>Most residents stay for 90 days,</strong> but the length of stay depends on each individual's needs. Admission and treatment preference is given to pregnant women. <strong>Pregnant women can give birth at the facility</strong> free of drugs and alcohol and continue to receive care postpartum with their infants at their side. </p> <p>Residents are <strong>required to attend daily <a href="https://www.recovery.org/pro/articles/did-aa-save-my-life/" target="_blank">12-step</a> groups</strong> and must contact their sober support buddy every day. The 12-step program is used in <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/OH17.pdf" target="_blank">73.1 percent of Ohio’s facilities</a>, and is chosen for having a strong combination of religious, long-term, and short-term influences. </p> <p>Family counseling and involvement is encouraged, and clients partake in <strong>intensive group and individual counseling six days per week</strong>. Discussion topics include understanding addiction, building sober supports, healing from trauma, establishing a sober lifestyle, building healthy relationships, and establishing healthy boundaries. Staff also assist with case management and medications, and random drug testing is used.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>The treatment team at Serenity Haven includes counselors, <strong>social workers, case managers, a full-time nurse, psychiatrist,</strong> marriage and family therapists, and chemical dependency professionals. It is a part of the <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/OH17.pdf" target="_blank">52.8 percent of Ohio facilities</a> that are accredited by CARF. </p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>Serenity Haven is a **small 16-bed facility. A former client gave the facility only two and three out of five stars for accommodations and cleanliness, respectively, but awarded five out of five stars for meals and nutrition.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>At the time of this writing, <strong>two alumni gave mixed reviews</strong> about their experience at Serenity Haven. An anonymous alum indicated that treatment was effective and worth the cost by giving four out of five stars, but gave only two stars for connectivity, counseling options, and the staff’s ability to treat co-occurring disorders. </p> <p><strong>Both alumni who left feedback gave negative feedback about the physical facility itself.</strong> An anonymous respondent described the building as "Not much more than an old skating rink ‘rehabbed’ into a treatment facility. All exercise equipment was donated and most didn't work," but added "if a woman is serious about recovery, it is sufficient." Another alum, Joanne, felt the marketed accommodations were not reality. "The rooms don't look like this! the building doesn't look like this," Joanne wrote.</p> <p>The two alumni also commented on the staff, with one calling the night staff "inexperienced staff "Babysitters" and another writing "the staff care more about what's for lunch than the patients."</p> <p>On Google, Recovery Services of Northwest Ohio has an average rating of <strong>2.6 out of five stars from five reviews</strong> to date.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> Some former clients wrote about “unrealistic costs” for services and how staff “won’t call you back so you can get your records” once services are discontinued. One anonymous reviewer simply wrote how the facility was “All about money.” </p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>Recovery Services of Northwest Ohio accepts Medicaid and self-pay, and is one of only <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/OH17.pdf" target="_blank">76 percent of the facilities</a> accept private insurance. </p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Serenity+Haven+in+Defiance,+OH&rlz=1C1OPRA_enUS578US578&ei=axdGXPGRDYTr_AbNurOIDg&start=0&sa=N&ved=0ahUKEwix896WyP_fAhWENd8KHU3dDOE4ChDy0wMIeA&cshid=1548097392277995&biw=1002&bih=1002#lrd=0x883dd1f2a1b49ccf:0x79769ae0611c847,1,,," target="_blank">GoogleReviews</a></small></p>
— Melanie Green · 2019-01-24 11:27:08 PST
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