Describe your comparison table aloud or on paper. Use rows for licensing or public record, current availability, population served, admission criteria, service scope, staffing, schedule, medications when clinically appropriate, family involvement, costs and insurance, transportation, records, communication, and continuing-care planning. Give each facility three columns: confirmed, needs review, and not established. Add the source, the name or department that supplied an answer, and the date. A friendly conversation is not proof of every detail, and a public record does not prove a bed is available.
For Living Longer Recovery, enter the legal entity, record number, address, residential drug and alcohol detox, 14-person capacity, co-ed adult population, and incidental medical services as confirmed public-record facts. Put current availability, individual fit, admission, room type, staffing, schedule, any medication, insurance participation, transportation, communication procedures, and outcome expectations under needs review. If no reliable answer is available, move the item to not established rather than filling the gap yourself.
- Ask: “What information do you need to review possible fit and next steps?”
- Ask: “What is currently available, and what does that answer not guarantee?”
- Ask about licensing, accreditation, evidence-supported care, medications when clinically appropriate, family involvement, continuing-care planning, costs, and insurance without inf