I admit the place looks terrible. The building is outdated, but it's clean. Where it shines is the…read morestaff. Being a County owned and run facility, they have actual staff, not just one nurse per wing like some nicer looking places I have visited. My father was in there during the pandemic after heart replacement surgery. We actually pulled him out of a very nice looking facility in Galloway that basically ignored him for two weeks. Where that place left him to rot in bed unsupervised, the staff at Meadow View had him out of bed and walking around in no time. I would have given 5 stars, but the place is in desperate need of a refresh, the 4 they earned was strictly because of their caring staff.

My husband has been there for 60 days. The attention, medical care and physical therapy he has…read morereceived is five stars. The only reason I did not rate this facility fivestars is because updates need to be made, especially to the Internet. He can only get three channels on the TV due to the weak connection, and the signal on our phones is even worse. My husband was bored because of this. When a patient is sick, away from and spends most of his day in his room, entertainment is a necessary distraction.The building is wired for the 20th century and not the 21st century.

After a handful of years, a handful of programs, therapists, and family tragedy including the death…read moreof his father and the battle his little brother fought after being diagnosed with a brain tumor, sobriety seemed impossible for my oldest son. My therapist personally vouched that if there was a place where my son would get the help he needed, it was Surfside Recovery. She vouched for the facility itself, and the integrity and commitment of the Surfside team, and she was spot on. My son has spent the last 6 months at Surfside. He's a new person. He has clarity and goals, and is someone I look forward to hearing from each day; which, for a long time, was not the case. I hate to even refer to the members of the Surfside team as "staff" because it feels stiff. Every team member I have dealt with has carried themselves with a perfect balance of professionalism and kindheartedness. They have shown my son that they care, but they have also shown him that there are consequences for irresponsible behaviors. Truly incredible. It is not an easy task to make a recovering addict accept that there are consequences, and at the same time continue to make them feel comfortable and supported enough to follow the rules and/or not act out when consequences are given! Surfside has been an experience that has truly changed our lives in the best of ways.

The previous poster is absolutely right in his analysis of the dynamics that are part of everyday…read moreliving at Surfside. If Dan Miranda likes you, you have an easier ride. If not, it is a stressful place to be, and the counselors can't even help because they can't risk pissing off Miranda. He has no sympathy for anyone who is struggling and breaks promises to both the residents and their parents. All the sports they advertise rarely happen. Now, it's all Crossfit, which many of the residents really hate. This is definitely not worth the 25-30 thousand you pay to go there.

Go to their website... They present their inpatient like its clean and new like the pictures but…read moreall those are of the Pleasantville site. Interesting there is not 1 picture on their website of their inpatient facility.... At least a picture of the common area and of what your room would look like.... I decided to go to rehab because I learned I have a heart problem and need to have a valve replaced and a hole fixed. I wanted to change my life and all I wanted from the place was a somewhat clean calm place away from people I know and a bed to sleep in... The inpatient located on Pacific Ave is the most rundown.... Foul smelling... Jail like place I've ever been.... Speaking of jail that's how it's run.... From The initial strip search that for some reason 2 members of the faculty had to be present for ... To the herding of 50 people into a gym sized room with no air conditioning... They made us sit in rows of chairs with no TV and no other entertainment... No games ... No cards.. Just talking... They call this "lockdown" and can be for weeks at a time... The group was punished because days before I came a guy stole cigarettes and no one reported him so the group was punished... The guy who stole the cigarettes had left 2 days before but the punishment was still in effect... There is no option to go back to your room... Detoxing all I wanted to do was go to my room and meditate... While I was there I wasn't assigned a room a counselor... Wasn't even talked to by anyone about anything regarding my stay.... Sit in a gym on chairs and talk...I wonder what a group of people in rehab are going to talk about... They had smoke breaks every couple hours..I couldn't go because I brought Cheyenne's and even though they're filtered.... According to a staff member "did not fit the dictionary of cigarette"...heh.... I was a walk in....I could leave whenever I wanted but almost all were there for drug court and couldn't leave...I have no problem with people doing rehab like this and actually the group was so much more informative and helping than the staff... but John Brooks runs the rehab like a prison.... .... The always confrontational staff hates criticism and will threaten to fight you.... Actually after I decided to leave and they refused to let me use a phone to call for a ride home.. Stranded in Atlantic City with a dead phone and no money as they pushed me through the door I was heckled by a big black guy from the staff...I think maybe a security guard with his long beard dyed yellow ...I asked for the other stuff I had inside through the door... Bringing it out...i looked through and he admitted that there was stuff missing.... He said he'd kill my ass get out of here... Thank God for the bus company helping... Even though I lost all my clothes shoes and toiletries because the bus station is nowhere near there and with my heart condition I couldn't carry all that weight... These people just don't care... I feel bad because alot of the people really think this is how a real rehab works....

From the owner: The John Brooks Recovery Center (JBRC) was founded in Atlantic City during January of 1969 (as…read moreNARCO, Inc.) by a group of six Atlantic City residents with the assistance of the Episcopalian Diocese of New Jersey and the Division of Urban Concerns. John Brooks a recovering heroin addict and ex-convict is usually identified as the driving force and subsequent Executive Director for many years. At that time JBRC was an outpatient, storefront treatment center for drug abusers.

Administration doesn't care about patients. I was here for a week and never got to see a…read morepsychiatrist. This place did nothing for me except take my money.

Called this place to get a family member help, I had my spouse ready to go to rehab, but at the…read morelast minute she decided to not go and said she would stop cold turkey. After she went back to drinking that Saturday. I texted the person back from this place ( Adam ) and he never got back to me. It was my cry for help and of course if they didn't have her there it wasn't worth them talking to the person trying to seek the help for the addict. You guys have no idea what you're doing. The only person with a clear state of mind is the ones dealing with the addicts and you simply walk away from the addicts only gateway to getting that person any help from your facility. You've been a huge disappointment to us and I hope nothing but the best for your business because I know they'll be others who will come to you and will make the full commitment to get help. This is the only reason I leave you 5 stars, not for you the business, but for those who will come after my bad experience with you guys. May you learn empathy for those who have to deal with an addict.

Manger is so rude, if you have any issues he cares about money and wants to finish the full day…read more Even don't eat lunch , you are stuck. Not a place I prefer or advice to anyone.

From the owner: Crossroads opened in 2000 as a Mental Health Partial Hospitalization Program in Egg Harbor…read moreTownship, NJ. Under our current ownership group, which started in September 1, 2004, Crossroads has grown from a 40 client per day/ 60 client open case census program to a 250 client per day/ 500 client open case census today. We have expanded our services to include Substance Abuse primary services with multiple levels of care, as well as the 2013 opening of our Turnersville Out Patient location. We also became the second privately funded Ambulatory/Out Patient Detox to open in the State of New Jersey in 2014.