The Brook – KMI

The Brook – KMI

ABOUT THE BROOK – KMI

Located in Louisville, Ky., The Brook, formerly known as Ten Broeck, offers chemical dependency and psychiatric treatment to people of all ages. Based in a colonial mansion, this treatment center is one of Kentucky’s 56 (15.4 percent) inpatient facilities. The facility also offers outpatient programs as well, and the center is amongst the 5.2 percent of non-hospital facilities in the state to offer detoxification services on-site.

TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT

According to the facility’s website, before treatment, a staff member conducts an assessment on potential clients to determine the most appropriate level of care. The individual’s mental, physical, and spiritual needs are assessed. The treatment center’s staff creates an individualized plan for every client, and they analyze each person’s progress to update treatment goals.

The Brook offers inpatient care, intensive outpatient programs (IOP), and psychiatric partial hospitalization program (PHP) to adults and adolescents. Specialized outpatient programs are also available for seniors. In addition, the facility offers a Kenton County School-Based intensive outpatient program, and men can enroll in transitional sober housing.

Treatment for chemical dependency consists of 12-step programming, group meetings, family counseling, individual counseling, and discharge planning. Before finishing treatment, the center’s staff works with every client to set goals and determine the client’s aftercare needs.

STAFF CREDENTIALS

The Brook’s treatment team includes medical directors, psychiatrists, therapists, and registered nurses. The Brook is accredited by the Joint Commission. The 16 individuals polled on the matter by Best-rehabs.com at the time of this writing offered extremely high ratings for the facility’s staff.

Staff Experience and Training: 4.3/5

ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES

THe Brook’s residential facility is a colonial mansion where clients will find modern facilities, a recreational area, a gym with a basketball court and rock wall, and a game room with a ping-pong and pool table. Official photographs also show shared bedrooms with basic furnishings. At the time of this writing, survey respondents provided high ratings for facility cleanliness and moderate ratings for the facility’s holistic offerings.

Facility Cleanliness and Upkeep: 4.4/5
Holistic Offerings: 3.2/5

WHAT ALUMNI SAY

The 11 alumni polled by Best-rehabs.com at the time of this writing provided mostly positive reviews, and most praised the facility’s counseling services. Many alumni reported confidence in the staff. “Many of their staff are former or recovering addicts, so they are experienced with addiction. This is a good thing,” an anonymous alum wrote. Eight of these individuals awarded above-average ratings for the facility’s counseling and reported they’d highly recommend the facility to others.

Likelihood to Recommend: 4.6/5
Counseling Options: 4/5

When polled on facility weaknesses, alumni repeatedly replied, “none,” though one individual expressed dissatisfaction with the intermixing of client groups. Ratings are significantly lower on Yelp, where two users gave two out of five stars, and citing staff misconduct and poor discharge procedures as concerns.

WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY

The eight loved ones surveyed by Best-rehabs.com at the time of this writing also provided mostly positive feedback and expressed satisfaction with the level of family involvement, as well as the ease of communication with client and visitor policies.

“My grandchild was there she was treated very well got along with all her counselors and workers they helped her with her problems in timely manner,” a grandparent wrote in a positive review. Many loved ones cited the staff and the level of client “interaction” as particular strengths of the facility. One loved one reported unhappiness with the inpatient care, but wrote: “The out patient after care was a key portion to the success of treatment.”

Connectivity/Visitor Policies: 4/5
Family Participation: 3.9/5

Still, a few loved ones shared their negative experiences, such as the anonymous reviewer whose son died since attending The Brook. “He told us prior to his death that other family members and friends we able to easily sneak in alcohol to him,” the grieving loved one wrote.

WHAT STAFF SAY

To date, Best-rehabs.com has not received feedback from facility staff. Eight Indeed users, however, provided an overall above-average rating of 3.3 out of five stars. In general, staffers enjoyed their coworkers, though a few felt that favoritism was a negative aspect of the facility.

FINANCING

According to The Brook’s website, the treatment center accepts many insurance plans, including Medicare, which is only accepted by 141 (38.8 percent) treatment facilities in the state. The 16 individuals polled by Best-rehabs.com at the time of this writing generally approved of the facility’s cost.

Affordability: 3.6/5

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Services provided by The Brook – KMI


Service Setting

  • Inpatient
  • Outpatient
  • Residential
  • Intensive Outpatient
  • Type of Care

  • Halfway House
  • Detox
  • Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Treatment Approaches

  • Anger Management
  • Brief Intervention
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy
  • Relapse Prevention
  • Substance Abuse Counseling
  • Trauma-related Counseling
  • 12-step Facilitation
  • Detoxification

  • Alcohol Detoxification
  • Benzodiazepines Detoxification
  • Cocaine Detoxification
  • Opioid Detoxification
  • License/Certification/Accreditation

  • Hospital Licensing Authority
  • The Joint Commission
  • Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Genders Accepted

  • Male
  • Female
  • The Brook – KMI Reviews

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  • great staff
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  • Mediocre Treatment
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  • I like the smart recovery program, the program is still new
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  • Staff are knowledgeable and caring. A lot of extracurricular activities and the ability to attend outside meetings. Provide a family and bonding atmosphere. Lack of communication among staff, and kinks in schedule. Great experience with Landmark Recovery of Louisville. Had phenomenal progress. Facility can be more thorough during the admissions process.
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  • Family coinciding services are very good. My grandchild was there she was treated very well got along with all her counselors and workers they helped her with her problems in timely manner
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  • Wonderful staff
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  • Patient interaction was good. Understaffed and Inexperienced staff No bedside manner . Meals are plentifyl Alot of patient interaction Free to roam around
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  • Friendly, caring staff.
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  • Good staff. Good programs and activities. Most of the staff are sober or clean but used to use. so they know what they are doing and are good at dealing with patients.
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  • the staff worked well with patiences. no program for out patience services if you live outside of Louisville.. great place for addiction and they give you tools you need for beng able to function without drugs or etc,,,
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  • I learned much more than I could have at Meetings. I wasn't ready. Readiness needs to be big part of letting someone in.
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  • The brook had a lot of amazing counselors, though the psychiatrist I had prescribed me medicine I was not pleased with, I have heard they changed their policies on prescribing medications until 6 months after detox. I hope this is true. Your mind is in no state to handle mind altering medications after detoxing from hard drugs.
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  • It was a decent facility.
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  • It was an excellent facility.
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  • I didn't like being thrown in with heroin addicts. Sharing the same space. They could not administer the pain meds I was taking before entry. I have not relapsed.
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  • The biggest problem in treatment is motivation of the person. The aftercare is the major component to success. The out patient after care was a key portion to the success of treatment. The weakness of the facility really were more related to the length of time for inpatient.
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  • The activities they provide were beneficial. It worked.
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  • Many of their staff are former or recovering addicts, so they are experienced with addiction. This is a good thing.
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  • It was a very clean facility with great family involvement.
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  • Intensive outpatient program was beneficial. More recovery based structure needed. Some wonderful staff members.
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    My son was there for IOP rehab but met someone there and it was a toxic friendship. I wish there was a way to discourage two addicts hanging out with one another. But I'm sure there's not. A brother and/or sisterhood type meetings were great. Not enough drug testing for outpatient treatment.
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    It was an ineffective treatment.
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    I liked TenBroeck
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    I didn't like this facility.
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    He told us prior to his death that the facility was not helpful at all.