What Makes Luxury Rehab Worth the Investment?

Luxury rehab centres go beyond the grain of standard addiction care. These types of centres focus on much more than utility. As sanctuaries of wellness, luxury facilities add additional layers to the rehab experience. Such centres boast scenic landscapes and access to green spaces. They can integrate holistic experiences such as swimming, exercise and mindfulness into treatment programmes. Alongside additional therapeutic opportunities, luxury rehab centres are staffed by industry experts. These centres are designed with the psychology of calm in mind. By creating a private, immersive treatment experience underpinned by modern research, luxury treatment can boost your recovery in meaningful ways.

What does rehab help with?

Broadly, rehab refers to ‘a set of interventions designed to optimise functioning and reduce disability in individuals with health conditions.’ People go to rehab to help them manage a range of different conditions, including following accidents and injury.

In all cases, the goals of rehab are largely the same. Rehab aims to:

• Promote independence
• Manage symptoms
• Deescalate health related risk
• Create a safe and healthy environment
• Develop life and coping skills

Mental health and addiction rehab focuses shares these key goals. But it tends to focus more on the psychological side of things.

This type of rehab is useful for people living with the following:

• Substance addictions
• Behavioural addictions
• Eating disorders
• Mental health difficulties

In these instances, rehab aims to reduce distress and help to nurture positive coping skills. It works to promote a calming, healthy space where you can take the time to address difficult thoughts, feelings and behaviours that may have been negatively impacting your life.

Rehab usually comprises of several key stages:

1. Assessment and admission
2. Detoxification (if required)
3. Rehabilitative treatment
4. Aftercare

Luxury mental health and addiction rehab

In recent years, there has been increased interest in luxury rehab centres. But what do we mean when we use the term ‘luxury’?

What is luxury rehab?

In all kinds of rehab, the tenets of treatment largely remain the same. But there are some key differences between so-called luxury and standard options. Luxury rehab is treatment that incorporates additional extras that help to create a soothing environment conducive to healing.

Luxury, private and NHS rehab

Luxury rehab, importantly, is not the same as private rehab.

This means that there are three different types of rehab: NHS rehab, private rehab, and luxury rehab. It is possible for these types to crossover – for example, luxury rehab centres are more than likely privately accessed.

NHS rehab refers to support accessed through the UK’s national health system. This means that this type of rehabilitation is free of charge to the patient. NHS rehab can take many forms, but is likely to consist of:

• Medication-based symptom management
• Short-term therapies
• GP-based contact
• Community-based support

Whilst it is not impossible to access inpatient rehab through the NHS, it is not usually the first option explored. That is due to lengthy waiting lists and financial pressures.

Private rehab is addiction treatment accessed through a specialty provider. Private rehab typically incurs a cost to the client. The cost of rehab will depend on the treatment that is being received. Generally, individuals accessing private care will have greater control over the type of treatment they access. This is because there are less restrictions associated with funding.

Private rehab, therefore, can look like:

• Medication-based symptom management
• Targeted therapy
• Holistic therapy
• Appointment based intervention
• Round the clock residential care

So, what is different about luxury rehab?

Luxury rehab takes the tenets of private treatment and elevates it through the addition of bespoke, high-end extras. These extras usually fall into one of the following categories:

1. High-end facilities
2. Additional services
3. Access to unique therapies

Luxury rehab harnesses the science-based knowledge of calm. A state of calm and reduced stress helps us enter a state of mindfulness. This sense of serenity is more than just a short-term pleasure. It is the basis for improved health, both physically and psychologically. This makes places and situations that stimulate a sense of calm especially conducive for healing.

So, how exactly do the extras of luxury rehab help promote calm?

High-end facilities

In lots of mindfulness activities, you may be asked to picture somewhere calm. Commonly, people will imagine a beach, a garden, a mountainscape. Perhaps a slow-moving river of a slow, quiet forest. It is no accident that all of these places can be found in nature. The natural world has a palpable impact on our mental health. With its stress-reducing and wellbeing-boosting effects, spending time in outdoor spaces can help us to relax and reconnect.

Luxury rehabs are frequently situated in picturesque places. With access to onsite gardens and greenery – or with being nestled amongst a calming landscape. Luxury rehabs prioritise the overall feel of a place as well as the quality of care. These spaces therefore reflect all the calming qualities of lush, peaceful spaces.

Luxury rehabs also tap into wellness. They integrate leisure and health spaces to ensure there are facilities for you to listen to the needs of your body as well as your mind. Potential leisure and wellness spaces include:

• Pools
• Saunas
• Gyms
• Personal trainer access

Of course, luxury rehabs also prioritise the safety and privacy of their clients. This can be achieved through semi-remote settings and on-site safety regulations.

Additional services

Every day, we are faced with a small mountain of tasks. The minutia of everyday life can be one of the biggest contributors to overwhelm. When we are in periods of chronic stress, having to split our focus to the various strains and pressures of the day-to-day can leave us feeling exhausted.

There are periods in our lives when we need to focus all our energy into our health. This does mean that, on occasion, the daily grind needs to be paused. Luxury rehab recognises this, offering additional services so you can keep full attention on your recovery.

Such services on offer include:

• Catering services
• Access to personal chef
• Cleaning services
• Laundry services

Access to unique therapies

Luxury rehabs often have the finger in the pulse of new clinical research. This means that they are likely to integrate new and experimental therapies into their programmes. Often, this leans into the holistic side of things, including:

• Art therapy
• Music therapy
• Animal therapy
• Adventure therapy
• Drama therapy
• Sound baths

The benefits of luxury addiction treatment

Of course, luxury rehabs will incur a higher cost in comparison with other alternatives. But there are many reasons why more people are beginning to invest in this treatment route.

The key benefits include:

• Overall relaxation
• Round the clock support
• Access to wellbeing-boosting activities
• Spacious rooms and private spaces
• Greater focus on recovery
• Improved treatment outcomes

Get help for addiction

If you are concerned that your substance use is spiralling out of control, then it is time to access support. From outpatient programmes to supported detoxes and residential care, rehab for drug addiction comes in all forms.

At UKAT, there is an appropriate route to recovery for everyone. We pride ourselves on offering a sensitive, professional and reassuring hand to those who need it. Contact us today to seek judgment-free, specialist advice from a member of our admissions team.