Highline Medical Center
Highline Medical Center, located in Burien, WA, is a 30-bed skilled nursing facility certified by Medicare and Medicaid. It is part of the Virginia Mason Franciscan Health system, offering post-acute care and skilled nursing services to patients. While not specializing in substance abuse treatment, it excels in rehabilitation services.
As part of CommonSpirit Health, Highline Medical Center's mission is to improve the health of the people they serve, especially the vulnerable, while advancing social justice. In 2017, the facility reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice resolving civil rights claims.
- 30-bed skilled nursing facility certified by Medicare and Medicaid.
- Specializes in post-acute care and rehabilitation services.
- Located within the Virginia Mason Franciscan Health system.
- Mission-driven to serve vulnerable populations and advance social justice.
This facility serves patients recovering from illnesses, injuries, or surgeries. Primary beneficiaries are individuals needing skilled nursing care and rehabilitation services. Substance abuse treatment programs are not provided here.
- 30 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 5 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 16 Therapies & Programs
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
The inappropriate use of any drug in Seattle, WA is substance abuse. This involves alcohol, medications, and illicit drugs. With a combination of physical and psychiatric therapies, drug addiction is successfully treated at Highline Medical Center. After Detox is complete, individuals follow-up with treatments treating the root cause of the addiction.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Inpatient, Outpatient, Partial-Hospitalization, with additional therapies available as listed below.
An inpatient is a person who stays in a hospital or rehab center during treatment. For alcohol- and drug-dependent individuals, inpatient rehabs provide individualized around-the-clock services. Inpatient treatment programs address a person’s unique physical, medical, and psychological needs. A team of experts assess the severity of the addiction and design a highly tailored program. typically, the length of stay in an inpatient facility in Seattle, WA is 30 days. Those with severe addiction may need to stay at the facility for 60 to 90 days.
Outpatient rehabilitation is a treatment that exists if a patient is not checking into Highline Medical Center long term. In addition to helping them recover, the patient attends regular therapy sessions and detox and participates in other therapies. However, this is all primarily done from home. As a follow-up to inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment is usually recommended.
After rehabilitation, it helps people return to their everyday lives. It may also be an alternative to inpatient care in some situations. If they cannot leave their jobs, children, or don’t have the money for inpatient care, people can choose this method. Inpatient therapy, however, is the best method and most suggested level of treatment offered by Highline Medical Center in recovering from addiction.
The halfway point between inpatient and outpatient care is Highline Medical Center‘s Partial Hospitalization Program. It is for individuals in Washington who struggle with addiction but do not need treatment round the clock. Patients may reside in a recovery facility anywhere from 18 to 30 hours per week, but they can sleep at home. The program length could be anywhere from one to six months.
Treatment for substance abuse does not cease after an individual successfully completes a detox or rehabilitation program. A vital follow-up treatment service is aftercare support provided to individuals at Highline Medical Center in Washington after they attain initial sobriety.
Aftercare support often takes the following forms: 12-Step Programs, Outpatient Treatment Programs, and Support Groups. The most effective aftercare programs are tailored to meet an individual’s specific needs and circumstances.
Therapies & Programs
Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at Highline Medical Center. Individual therapy provides patients with a safe environment where they can openly discuss their problems with the therapist. The patients find the therapist as a person who they can trust. It helps them to open up and discuss personal and sensitive issues, which they may not be comfortable discussing in a group setting.
Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. The therapist can develop patient-specific customized solutions through individual therapy, which aids speedier recovery.
The right diet can improve a person’s general outlook, sleep habits and thought processing skills. MNT also lowers the occurrence of chronic diseases such as adult-onset diabetes. Dieticians like those at Highline Medical Center in Seattle, WA believe that nutrition therapy is the key to making significant lifestyle changes.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) uses low dose nicotine products to ween smokers away from cigarettes. The products get nicotine into the bloodstream without smoking reducing addiction to the physical habit. It also allows addicts to adjust to lower doses to reduce withdrawal symptoms.
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Location & Contact
16251 Sylvester Rd SW
Seattle, WA 98166
Phone Number
(206) 244-9970
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Location
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16251 Sylvester Rd SW
Seattle, WA 98166 -
(206) 244-9970
Accepts
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GenderFemale, Male
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AgeAdults (20+), Children (0-12), Teenagers
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ModalityFamily, Group, Individuals
Listed June 13, 2021
Updated July 25, 2024
Seattle, Washington Addiction and Treatment
Washington's substance use, abuse, and addiction rates have followed the trends of the rest of the over the past years. Methamphetamine abuse is the biggest threat to Washington. Heroin-related overdoses increased by almost 450% from 2006 to 2016. 20% of all annual deaths in Washington are somehow drug and/or alcohol-related. Drugs are widely abused in Washington because they are easily trafficked in and out of the state.
Seattle, an isthmus city between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, offers diverse outdoor activities like hiking in Olympic National Park and kayaking on lakes. The city boasts a thriving arts scene, from the Seattle Opera to cutting-edge galleries, and a vibrant music culture as the birthplace of grunge. In King County, there were 141 opioid-related deaths from January 2022 to October 2023, with 90% involving Fentanyl.
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