Care & Rehabilitation for Springfield

Care & Rehabilitation for Springfield sits in a historic building at 2323 W Grand Street in Springfield, Missouri, and it's been helping children, teens, adults, and seniors with mental health and substance use problems for over 30 years, and folks will notice right away that they're focused on age-appropriate care with inpatient, outpatient, and residential treatment programs for people as young as 3 and as old as 80 or more, so there's a wide range right there. You see, the care team here tries to shape every service to match the person's age, needs, and development, and they've even got separate units and programs for children and adolescents, including specialized tracts for girls only, boys only, and teen boys with maladaptive behaviors, and there's also support for dependent children of active-duty and retired military through the TRICARE Military Dependent Program for both boys and girls ages 9 to 17. Folks will notice that if a child or teen comes here, there's a fully accredited on-site school called Lakeland Regional School for both regular and special education, so learning continues during treatment, and they do group therapy, activity therapy, and even art and music therapy with places set aside for things like music rooms, outdoor gyms, vegetable gardens, and two playgrounds, so there are safe places to move and grow. The center's got acute short-term inpatient programs to help stabilize crises and longer residential programs which often last three to six months, with support for everything from ADHD, bipolar disorder, and depression, to PTSD, schizophrenia, substance use, and suicidal thoughts in both young people and adults, and for adults 40 and older, there's a special program called The Benefits of Hope. The place features therapy options for individuals, groups, and families, and uses things like cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and trauma-focused care, and sometimes they'll add medication assisted treatment (MAT) to help with withdrawal and cravings. For leisure and therapy, children and teens can do art, music, cinema, and even pet-assisted therapy, and there's a bit of everything from basketball and hiking to horseback riding and time in the exercise room, though there have been reports that while some areas are clean, other spots can have issues with mold or bugs, and conditions can depend on which unit someone's on, like 4 south or 2c, with staff working hard but sometimes cleanliness needs more attention. For teens and young adults, the residential center lets folks take a steady break from the stresses of day-to-day life while learning new coping skills, working on communication, and slowly developing life skills for independence, and there are also men's and women's rehab programs that deal with the unique issues each group faces, including career and parenting challenges for women. The place accepts most insurances, Medicaid, TRICARE, Aetna, and Cigna, with private pay as an option, and it's recognized by the Joint Commission and the Missouri Hospital Association for certain standards. It's a community where people get care that tries to fit their unique struggles, but the setup's not perfect, and families should visit and see if the programs and environment work well for their loved one's needs.