Monte Nido Glen Cove

I would recommend the Monte Nido program itself but not this location. The issues all stem from a lack of professional leadership at the site. This creates a chaotic atmosphere that makes recovery more challenging than it already is. Examples include very often losing client’s belongings (without reimbursement), meals not happening on time, and medications not being dispensed on schedule. The site also has very relaxed rules surrounding Covid that led to every single patient testing positive within the home at once. Even during that time staff still was not required to wear masks indoors or around clients. I do believe the program itself can be helpful but if you’re deciding between this location and another I would not choose Glen Cove.

My younger brother admitted himself to Monte Nido Glen Cove twice over the past two years and although he is still working on his recovery, I believe Monte Nido has played an integral part of this. The staff, especially his therapist Alyssa, genuinely care and do everything they can to help their clients reach their goals. They communicate well, the environment is warm and inviting, and I genuinely only have good positive things to express about our experience as the family of a loved one who is struggling with an eating disorder and working on bettering himself. Thank you, Monte Nido Glen Cove, for all you've done to help my brother and my family.

I think it is funny that a facility that is supposed to help people with their eating disorders activity promotes and encouraged the smoking of cigarettes. They hand them out two at a time along with the clients lighter. Individuals in poor health are allowed to smoke. The nicotine alone in cigarettes is an appetite suppressant. Make it make sense. Then the client leaves addicted to cigarettes and it's left to the client and the family to break that addiction when it was learned behavior that smoking is the only way not to purge. This place is a joke and dangerous.

All the clinicians are amazing (shout out to Caroline!). I think all of them are great at their jobs, which unfortunately isn't the case at every program. If I ever needed to go back to res I'd wanna go back there

My son attended Monte Nido and it saved his life. They work on the “whole person” and he met with his dietitian, nutritionist and therapist everyday. He now eats a wide variety of healthy foods and has gained weight. He was ready for treatment, so that increased his likelihood for success, and they assured his transition program to home was set up for him to be successful.