Solving the Behavioral Health Crisis in Kern County

The Opioid Epidemic The Impact on Americans over 60

New Chronic Opioid Use

Numbers Continue to Rise

The hospitalization rates due to Opioid abuse has quintupled for those 65 and older in the past two decades

6% of patients or 3 million people will become dependent on Opioids per year, following minor surgeries

Opioids are Impacting all Ages

As many as 17% abuse prescription medications

New Ways to Treat Pain

The Actual Numbers are Higher

Overdoses in older people are often mislabeled as heart failure or falls

96 hour pain block available eliminating prescription Opioids after minor surgeries