Circles of Care

I’m sure whoever started these facilities had grand visions to truly help people in need. And maybe they do still help some people? However, in our experience, which I believe to be typical, status quo for Circles, I sincerely doubt it. I can’t know if the system has just eroded over time? Or if they have fully failed to recruit qualified doctors and general Nursing staff? There are multiple locations so I can only speak for this one. It is important to know that I, personally, was not in this facility, my Fiancé was, in November of 2014. However, I was in contact with them the entire time. Because the nature of the business of Circles of Care I don’t want to put personal information ‘out there’, but I DO want to essentially tell people that if you have any type of untreated (or treated) mental illness and sincerely want to get better, THIS is NOT the place to look towards for help. My Fiancé received NO help from any Doctor at all. There was ONE, THREE MINUTE (that’s 180 seconds, folks) meeting with THE doctor on the staff. There was absolutely NO: «therapy», «testing» (but you can bet we were certainly billed for it), prescriptions (not even the ones they were supposed to be taking daily!), or help. None. Nothing. The ONLY person that was nice or tried to help, other than, what would likely be considered ‘lowly’ employees, who were very friendly and as accommodating as they could be, was an Intern who was not technically even employed there. She listened, assured my Fiancé that they would receive medications needed and provided her phone number and name (but I don’t believe this interaction to be a typical one as they actually knew each other from
outside of Circles of Care) The ‘head Nurse’ was «Rude, ridiculous and an absolute joke» according to my Fiancé.
The point I want to come through is, mental illness is a serious matter and if you need help for yours, please do your research and think twice before going to Circles Of Care. You are welcome to contact me via Unilocal if you need help and I will do anything I can to point you in the right direction for you. I am just a regular person, I’m not soliciting anything. Mental illness is a disease and if you need help, it is so freaking hard to go through all the crap you have to go through to get it. People with this illness are least likely to be able to deal with this system; It’s just not fair.