SAMHSA advises discussing treatment choices with qualified professionals and provides national treatment locators. Its quality guidance supports asking about licensing, accreditation, evidence-supported care, medications when clinically appropriate, family involvement, and continuing-care planning. These are questions, not assumptions. Accreditation is not established for Living Longer by the locked public facts, nor are named therapies, medication practices, family services, or continuing-care services.
When you call any facility, ask how the aftercare plan reflects your substance-use history, physical and mental health concerns, practical obligations, support network, preferences, and risks. You are not asking the admissions representative to diagnose you. You are checking whether qualified professionals participate in individualized decisions and whether the facility can explain how recommendations and handoffs are documented. For Living Longer, do not infer outpatient treatment, PHP, IOP, sober living, telehealth, transportation, or any other unverified service from the residential drug and alcohol detox record.
- Which licenses and accreditations apply, and how can I verify them?
- How are evidence-supported care and medications, when clinically appropriate, considered by qualified professionals?
- How can family or other support people participate with my consent?