Plan the next care step before discharge when possible. Use Living Longer Recovery opioids information to list ongoing needs. Bring Living Longer Recovery admissions questions to each call. Confirm the next contact, record transfer, medicine plan, travel needs, and backup steps if the first plan changes.
Draw four boxes on paper. Label them now, detox, next, and backup. Under now, list current support. Under detox, write confirmed site facts. Under next, name the care contact. Add a date and address. Under backup, list another contact route. Use check marks for confirmed items. Use question marks for unknown facts. Update the map after each call. This simple map can show a weak handoff before it becomes a missed visit, lost medicine plan, or night spent unsure where to seek safe help when the first plan changes.
Your needs may include more than drug care. Housing, food, work, and family can affect follow-up. Legal duties may shape your dates. Mental health needs may also matter. Share these facts with the care team. Ask which issues they can address. Ask which need outside support. Do not assume any service is included. Get exact names for outside contacts. Write when you should call. If one need is urgent, say so in plain words and ask who can respond, what they can do, and what you should do if that help does not arrive.
- Draw your four-box transition map.
- Mark confirmed and unknown facts.
- Add one backup contact.
- Plan each record transfer.
- Update the map after calls.