Rural older adults are dying from the opioid epidemic at a higher rate than older adults in the nation as a whole, yet fewer than one in 10 opioid treatment centers are located in rural America, and many rural first responders are not trained to administer life-saving medica­tions for overdose.

 

Resources:

https://www.asaging.org/blog/rural-older-adults-hit-hard-opioid-epidemic

https://philanthropynewyork.org/sites/default/files/resources/GIA_Rural_Opioid_Paper.pdf

https://www.giaging.org/documents/170818_Benson-Aldrich_paper_for_GIA_web_FINAL.pdf