General Information
- Visiting hours are from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sundays. Remind your visitors to leave cameras at home
and to not bring family pets. Visitors will need to
check in at the front desk; the admissions entrance
is for incoming patients only. If your visitors are
bringing items for you, please have them check in with
the hall technician. A "Visitors List" is
circulated in each hall for you to list expected visitors.
The list is given to our security staff so they can
expedite the visiting process. Please advise any potential
visitors that we do not allow any homemade food to
be brought for patients. Any food, beverage or cigarettes
must be factory sealed.
- Telephone access is between 5:00 p.m. Saturday and
11:00 p.m. Sunday. Each patient is allotted two 15-minute
phone times on Saturday and two 30-minute phone times
on Sunday. Hall residents negotiate the schedule, and
no incoming calls are permitted. Phone calls are outgoing
calls only and are made via calling cards or collect
calls.
- A small bookstore is located on the campus and carries
stamps, some basic toiletry items, candy, cards and
literature about chemical dependency that your counselor
may recommend. The bookstore does not accept bank check
cards, ATM cards or debit cards. Please note that in
order to use a credit card in the bookstore, the card
must be in your name.
- If you require specialized medical services while
at Betty Ford Center, please be aware that you will
need to pay for those services with cash or a credit
card at the time services are rendered. Not all providers
will accept a personal check. Examples of specialized
services include one-on-one assistance with activities
of daily living, special equipment, dentists, psychiatric
consultation, and/or medications, etc.
- Miscellaneous charges may be made for books, additional
person(s) in the family program, etc. All such charges
are due and payable on discharge.
- The Betty Ford Center is a training institution.
Health care professionals, medical students, medical
residents, fellows and other professionals may be participating
for brief periods of time in the treatment program.
Residents and/or fellows may be participating in the
care and treatment patients receive while at the Betty
Ford Center.
Betty Ford Center mailing addresses:
(Patient Name)
P.O. Box 1560
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
For carriers that do not accept P.O. Boxes (i.e.,
Federal Express, UPS)
(Patient Name)
Betty Ford Center (or BFC)
39000 Bob Hope Drive
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
You will experience significant delays if you
use "Eisenhower
Medical Center" as your address.
Betty Ford Center telephone numbers:
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