Long-Term Care Facilities Must Provide Addiction Care, Advocates Say - KFF Health News

When you think about the opioid crisis, the image of adults in their 20s, 30s, even sometimes those who are middle-aged, may come to mind. Rightly so, since most overdose deaths occur in people between ages 25 and 64. But did you know older adults are increasingly at risk of overdosing from opioids, too? In fact, from 2021 to 2022, adults over 65 saw the largest increase — 10 percent — in overdose death rates…