Retooling Care
Retooling Care to Meet Our Needs: A Recovery Community Vision for a Five-Year Focused Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Care System
Retooling Care
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PRO•A has adopted a vision of a five-year standard of care for persons with substance use conditions. This vision was heavily influenced by the work of Robert DuPont, MD. In December 2018, Mr. Stauffer contacted Dr. DuPont and they had the following exchange about Mr. Stauffer’s experiences, his work at PRO•A, and the drug epidemic. View an edited edited version of this conversation at Paradigm-of-Recovery.pdf.
If we know that 5 years of sustained substance use recovery is the benchmark for 85% of people with a substance use condition to remain in recovery for life, why are we not designing our care systems around this reality?
With the multitude of social, physical, emotional, housing, financial, and other co-occurring conditions/ issues, there is growing recognition that the benchmark for a substance use disorder recovery is five years of continuous progress. We must retool our service system to support this truth. We envision:
1. A Substance Use Disorder Service System that supports long term recovery
2. A Service System that meets the needs of our young people
3. Build the 21st Century workforce to serve the next generation
4. Although there are many social, employment, legal, educational and other important issues with the person
with a SUD, there are a couple of exceptionally important areas. (Employment, Education, and Self-Sufficiency)
5. Recovery Housing Opportunities
