Addiction Recovery Care (ARC), a faith-based drug rehabilitation organization, plans to open its Owensboro location within 45 days — with hopes to bring approximately 125 new jobs and serve up to 300 clients. The location will be called Yellow Banks Recovery Center, and Sarah Adkins has been site administrator. The recovery[Read More…]
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Eastern Kentucky addiction treatment center getting some opioid settlement money
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WCHS) — More than $8 million is heading to 24 addiction recovery programs in Kentucky as part of a $900 million opioid settlement. As part of the settlement, Mountain Comprehensive Care Center is getting $250,000. For nearly three months, Derek Young has been a client at Mountain Comprehensive Care[Read More…]
New addiction recovery center opens in Morehead
By Brandon Robinson MOREHEAD, Ky. (WYMT) – People living in one Northeastern Kentucky community now have a new option for addiction recovery. On Monday, Gov. Andy Beshear, Senior Advisor Rocky Adkins and members of the community officially opened the new Raven Cares facility in Morehead. The new non-profit residential recovery facility[Read More…]
‘Addiction medicine is primary care’: Patients who visit their primary care doctor for opioid addiction treatment reduce their overdose risk, a new study suggests
By AUBREY WHELAN | THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER PHILADELPHIA — As a primary care physician at Jefferson Health, Greg Jaffe helps his patients navigate diabetes and high blood pressure, flu shots and annual checkups — standard fare for a family medicine practitioner. But for many of his patients, he also oversees a[Read More…]
Millions with opioid addiction don’t receive residential treatment
Live-in facilities offer ‘some of the best treatment for those with severe substance use’ CHICAGO — Approximately 7 million adults in the U.S. are living with opioid use disorder (OUD). Yet a new Northwestern Medicine study that measured residential treatment use among Medicaid enrollees across nine states found only 7% of enrollees[Read More…]
Addiction Recovery Care to open treatment center in SWVA
By Brandon Robinson DICKENSON COUNTY, Va. (WYMT) – The drug addiction crisis doesn’t recognize state lines and one Kentucky-based recovery organization is planning an expansion into a neighboring state. On Wednesday, officials with Addiction Recovery Care announced they are partnering with the Dickenson County Industrial Development Authority to build a new[Read More…]
Addiction Recovery Care treatment center expects surge of clients in new year
LOUISA, Ky. (WSAZ) – As the new year kicks off, many are getting started on resolutions. A Louisa-based treatment center is ready to help with a special kind of resolution, overcoming addiction. Officials at Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) say January is one of their busiest times. “Every January, we see[Read More…]
Addiction Recovery Care uses comprehensive, client-centered care, to address the addiction epidemic
“The addiction crisis we face today is different from the addiction crisis of 2010, 2015 and even 2019, before the pandemic. It’s never been more important for providers to tailor treatment plans to clients’ individual needs,” said addiction psychiatrist Dr. Sarah Johnson, who serves as ARC’s medical director of behavioral[Read More…]
People in addiction recovery could benefit from free rides
Addiction recovery experts have explored how providing free rides to those in addiction recovery could help bring stability. One organization, The Indiana Recovery Network, has provided 300 people with free rides to help them access jobs and treatment. Read more here.
Addiction Nursing Care courses put a spotlight on compassionate care for West Virginians experiencing substance use disorder
The West Virginia University School of Nursing is offering two courses to train nurses and healthcare providers to better assist patients with substance use disorder. One course will cover Office-Based Medication Assisted Treatment (OBMAT) and the other course will focus on Nursing Competencies in Addiction Care. Read more here.