New 80-bed recovery center opening up in east Wichita suburb next month
A new substance use treatment facility in Andover will open its doors next month.
LifeSpring Recovery of Andover, an 80-bed substance use disorder treatment facility, will begin accepting new patients June 8.
Jason Greever, the facility’s executive director, said that LifeSpring’s opening comes at a time of major need in Kansas.
The state of Kansas, as well as the Wichita area, has a substantial gap in substance use disorder treatment capacity, according to a recent assessment for the Kansas Fights Addition Grant Review Board that was conducted by the University of Kansas Center for Public Partnerships and Research.
This gap in capacity was particularly in medical detoxification, residential treatment and continuity of care, Greever said.
The report also showed that the state has an average 74-day wait for inpatient and residential treatment, with only 16% of people diagnosed with substance use disorder admitted for treatment.
The facility will be at 224 E. Central. Greever said that the Wichita area often serves as a hub for services for the south-central Kansas area, which makes it a good spot for a treatment facility.
“Andover is able to serve the entire Wichita metro area as well as folks from other parts of the state, but the community of Andover is a really welcoming community, a very nice community to go receive treatment,” Greever said.
The facility will accept insured clients and those with Medicaid.
“The process for all of them would be the same. They would call our admissions number, and you go through a brief screening process, and then get connected with services that are right for them,” Greever said.
The facility will provide what they call evidence based practices, which include cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, motivational therapy and more. Greever highlighted the medical detox services, which he called the “gold standard of treatment”.
“It becomes such a barrier for people to engage in services and to engage in recovery, so we want to make that available to as many people as what we can,” he said.
The facility will open with 30 beds available and ramp up slowly, Greever said.
The facility’s 80 beds will be available for in-patient and medically managed detox beds, which will be flexible to meet the needs of the center.
The Andover Chamber of Commerce will host the center’s grand opening on June 3 from 2 to 5 p.m., where they will have a ribbon cutting and provide tours of the space.
“We are not just a treatment center. We are a community of people committed to helping others find their way back to themselves,” the center’s website reads.
For people wanting to receive treatment, Greever said that there’s no wrong way to begin that process.
“The most important thing to know is that there’s no wrong doorway into treatment, so whether people are beginning to access services through the emergency department or through their primary care physician . . . there’s no wrong way to go about getting help, and once you connect with a provider, the providers are really skilled at helping you to determine what the right kind of treatment and the right level of care will be for you.”
Recovery from addiction is possible. For help, please call the free and confidential treatment referral hotline (1-800-662-HELP), or visit findtreatment.gov.
