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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You will find huge numbers of complaints about Caron Renaissance on line.  Some of them take pains to separate the post-rehab Renaissance facility in Florida from the rehab in Pennsylvania, with the latter having a fair number of positive reviews.  Except--they warn you about resisting their efforts to put your loved one at Caron Renaissance post-rehab.  Also a bit of a scam.  Caron is one of the few not for profit private rehabs.  However, they are known to run financials on patients' families and direct those with money to Renaissance, which essentially is a very expensive half way house, and then recommending others to cheaper places.

[b]It's been a while since I read the complaints but one that stuck with me is that there is no effort at Renaissance to separate recovering addicts who are vulnerable people like victims of abuse from those who are bullies and have a history of abusing.  This can have very bad results.  [/b]

I'd take your loved one out right now.  There are plenty of half way houses in DC that are perfectly fine and don't have large question marks over them. Or have her stay in the Boca area at one of the hundreds of other places there--it's pretty much rehab city.  That can be a positive as there many businesses that cater to those who are recovering in a positive way--lots of coffee shops instead of bars, for example.  Of just have her come home and get active in AA or NA.

In the interests of full disclosure, I have had a child at Caron in Pennsylvania.  She managed to get out after a week but the whole experience was terrible; the finale was them dumping her without our knowledge at a locked psych facility in the middle of winter.  They did not wait for someone to take her in, and no one at the facility responded to her repeated ringing of the bell.  She ended up spending the night outside in the snow.

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This is my understanding as well.  I've found the treatment so far to be one sized fits all - we thought initially it would be individualized.  (One size fits all for the lowest common denominator).

They have all sorts of people at Caron Renaissance, like convicts, and they make no attempt to separate them.  This is worrying to me because my family member is a sensitive person, and she should not be treated like someone who should be in prison.[/quote]

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