Resources for Seniors

A New Day

A New Day Treatment Center provides supportive and caring addiction and mental health treatment. Clients at A New Day will develop the skills needed to sustain recovery from alcohol and substance abuse. Programs are held in a supportive, caring environment designed to help clients regain their sense of self-worth.

A New Day - Lodi/Wooster

A New Day Treatment Center provides supportive and caring addiction and mental health treatment. Clients at A New Day will develop the skills needed to sustain recovery from alcohol and substance abuse. Programs are held in a supportive, caring environment designed to help clients regain their sense of self-worth.

A New Day - Wooster

Transportation providers, mentoring/peer to peer coaching, job training, outpatient treatment, medication assisted treatment, professional addiction counseling, intensive outpatient treatment, addiction prevention programming, family support groups, individual counseling. All gender services, services for pregnant women.

Akron Alcoholics Anonymous

Akron Alcoholics Anonymous includes both in-person AA meetings and Virtual AA meetings. Those struggling with opioids, cocaine, or heroin can attend AA meetings but there is also a meeting finder on their website specifically for Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings and Al-anon meetings.

Akron Intergroup Office

Intergroup is an Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) service entity that involves a partnership among groups in a community—just as the AA groups themselves are a partnership of individual members. Intergroup exists to support the groups in their common purpose of carrying the AA message to the still-suffering alcoholic.

Through the Akron Intergroup Office, you can call for information about getting a sponsor or sober support, finding a meeting, or locating treatment centers. It is also a “brick and mortar” shop that has tons of AA, Narcotics Anonymous, and Al-Anon materials, books, chips, and meeting guides.

Alcoholics Anonymous

AA’s national website includes an AA meetings locator guide and also includes links and information as to where to go for help.

Anazao Community Partners

Anazao Community Partners is a private, non-profit organization providing treatment, intervention, and prevention services to residents and organizations throughout Wayne and Holmes Counties.

Anazao Community Partners- Orrville

Anazao Community Partners is a private, non-profit organization providing treatment, intervention, and prevention services to residents and organizations throughout Wayne and Holmes Counties.

Avoiding Overmedication and Harmful Drug Reaction

This fact sheet provides tips for older adults to safely manage their medications.

Brightview Kent Addiction Treatment Center

Addiction crisis center, mentoring/peer-to-peer coaching, outpatient treatment, medication-assisted treatment: Buprenorphine, Suboxone, Naltrexone, Vivitrol, professional addiction counseling, addiction prevention programming, individual counseling, family counseling, intensive outpatient treatment, and group counseling. All gender services. 

Chemical Dependency Treatment Center

The Chemical Dependency Treatment Center provides Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) programs like Suboxone and counseling services and serves all of Summit County. While most clients are from the Oriana House facilities they also accept community clients.

Coleman Health Services- Adult Day

Mental health inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment, psychiatry, addiction prevention programming, individual counseling, and group counseling. All gender services

Coleman Health Services- Ravenna

Mental health inpatient treatment, psychiatry, addiction prevention programming, individual counseling, and group counseling. All gender services

Coleman Professional Services

Outpatient treatment, medication assisted treatment, community support, professional addiction counseling, addiction prevention programming, housing support, individual counseling, and group counseling. All gender services, veteran-specific services.

Deterra Deactivation Bags Handed Out on the HealthMobile

The Stark County HealthMobile serves the community with overdose education, naloxone distribution, and connections to treatment, along with our community partners. You can find HealthMobile events and locations by using the HealthMobile Events map.

Hope Behavioral Health - Wooster

Provides culturally competent, spiritually sensitive, and trauma-informed counseling services. Hope Behavioral Health helps people who struggle with addictions, ADHD, anger, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, emotional abuse, grief and loss, health issues, lack of purpose, marriage and family, mood disorders, physical abuse, PTSD, self-injury, sexual abuse, stress, trauma, and much more.

Hope Behavioral Health- Wooster

Faith-based. Outpatient treatment, professional addiction counseling, family counseling, individual counseling, sexual violence counseling, group counseling, trauma-informed counseling, youth counseling, couples counseling, marriage enrichment programs, and cognitive behavioral therapy. All gender services.

IBH Addiction Recovery

IBH Addiction Recovery provides a continuum of care for those seeking recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.

Mental Health & Recovery Board of Portage County

The Mental Health & Recovery Board of Portage County is responsible for evaluating, planning, funding and monitoring Portage County’s mental health and addiction recovery services. They have several additional resources on their community resource page. 

MOCA House / National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Wayne and Holmes Counties

The MOCA (Motivating Optimistic Caring Accepting) House Program is dedicated to reducing the isolation of people with mental illness. Through peer support, educational services, social and recreational activities, advocacy, and community involvement, people are encouraged, challenged, and develop hope for recovery.

MOCA House Recovery Center is a peer-run program of NAMI Wayne and Holmes Counties offering support, social benefits, activities, projects, and programs for anyone recovering from a mental illness. They provide special activities that encourage social interaction with peers and offer supportive and educational opportunities that can strengthen coping and life skills.

MOCA House is a drop-in center, and all programs are free and open to the public. Family support groups are held on the 1st Tuesday of each month 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm.

New Destiny Treatment Center

New Destiny Treatment Center brings recovery to individuals through psychological and emotional counseling, education, physical exercise, and the spiritual guidance and healing of Christ. Their goal is to maintain their service to the Lord while providing the most effective medication management and counseling interventions.

Older Adults and Stress/Depression

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OneEighty - Downtown Wooster

OneEighty are advocates, hope providers, recovery warriors, and grassroots community leaders. They actively support an evidence-based approach to sustainable recovery from trauma and addiction – restoring dignity and purpose, reimagining potential, and rebuilding lives. You can find trauma-informed care, preventive tools, new direction, motivation, advocacy, and understanding support you need to change your life.

Oriana House ADM Crisis Center

The Oriana House ADM Crisis Center is open 24 hours a day and has both “drop-in,” where clients can go for the night if intoxicated, and inpatient treatment which treats medically alcohol and opiates, as well as other substances. The Center provides initial “detox” with counselors that provide both group and individual counseling who will then work with clients to get them into a more long-term treatment facility like IBH.

The Psychological Emergency Center (PES) located is upstairs from ADM and if someone presents with Psychosis or is suicidal, clients can be sent directly to PES. Patients are evaluated, ensured to be safe, and monitored.

Both ADM and PES are 24-hour facilities open 7 days a week.

Prescription Drugs and You

Booklet

Project Dawn at Kent City Health Department

Government agency, Naloxone programs, all gender services.

Pharmacy Naloxone (may not be free) at CVS locations: 
1144 State Route 303, Streetsboro
18855 N Market Pl Dr, Aurora
3 N Cleveland Ave, Mogadore
318 E Main St, Ravenna
118 W Garfield Rd, Aurora
 

Rigel Recovery Services

Rigel Recovery Services provides substance abuse treatment and mental health counseling. The service is funded through ADM and runs through the Oriana House.

Safe Storage and Disposal of Medications Locator

The drug-drop off locator from Save Stark can help you locate facilities where unused prescriptions can be safely disposed of in Stark County.

Stark Mental Health and Addiction Recovery (StarkMHAR)

The role of StarkMHAR, as Stark County’s “board, is to plan, evaluate, and fund mental health and addiction services locally by contracting with a wide range of providers for prevention, treatment and recovery support for their community members. Stark County residents can access behavioral health services regardless of their ability to pay through a Funded Provider. Funded Providers accept various insurance programs, Medicare and Medicaid. Stark residents that are not covered by one of those options can still receive services. Their ability to pay for those services will be determined by their income and could be fully subsidized by StarkMHAR. 

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Summit Recovery Hub

Summit Recovery Hub promotes sustained recovery by providing connection, pro-social community activity, support, and advocacy to those affected by substance use and mental health disorders. Their website includes resources for meetings, Anti-Stigma initiatives, recovery support, and more.

The Counseling Center of Holmes and Wayne Counties

The Counseling Center of Holmes and Wayne Counties is a private, not-for-profit corporation, that provides comprehensive and confidential mental health services in Wayne and Holmes Counties helping those who are experiencing or have suffered from depression, anxiety, child behavior difficulties, relationship problems, grief and loss, job difficulties, sexual and physical abuse, suicide, and stress-related disorders. Services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis and can be arranged by calling any office location.

The County of Summit ADM Board

The ADM Board provides a person-centered approach to prevention, treatment, and recovery. They provide mental health and substance use resources for adults as well as partner with local agencies to provide quality, affordable services for people at critical times in their lives.

The SUMMIT Therapy Center

The SUMMIT Therapy Center provides personalized, high-quality care on an as-needed or preventative basis. They focus on providing individual therapy, group therapy, and addiction treatment with competencies in CBT, trauma-informed care, and mindfulness.

The Village Network- Wooster

Trauma-informed care, mental health services, HBI/IHBT for children and young adults, OhioRISE. Professional addiction counseling, family counseling, and psychiatry. All gender services.

Treatment and naloxone locators

Stark County has many resources for you to manage your addiction and treatment options that are there for you when you're ready. Use the treatment provider locator from Save Stark to find the treatment options and support that you need. 

Viola Startzman Clinic

The Viola Startzman Clinic is a modern, welcoming community health center dedicated to providing high-quality, affordable health care to everyone in their community. They believe in a comprehensive approach to your well-being, offering multiple services for your physical, dental, and mental health needs. They offer on-site psychiatric and counseling services as well as referrals for additional mental health and addiction resources, as well as Hepatitis C testing.

Voices of Older Adults with Lived Experience

This video series features older adults from various walks of life who have experienced mental illness and substance abuse. The videos share their respective stories and combat the stigma often associated with behavioral health challenges and effective treatment.

Wayne County Health Department (Harm Reduction)

The Wayne County Health Department focuses on the reduction of risky health behaviors by promoting safer health behaviors and prevention strategies through their Opioid Overdose Prevention Program, Narcan boxes, safer sex kits, and their role in the Wayne County Overdose Task Force.

Wayne-Holmes Suicide Prevention Coalition

The Wayne-Holmes Suicide Prevention Coalition is made up of volunteers and professionals who are concerned about reducing the number of suicides and attempts in our counties. The Wayne-Holmes Suicide Prevention Coalition is a program of NAMI Wayne and Holmes Counties.

What to Ask: Drug and Substance Abuse

This webpage lists helpful questions older adults can ask their  healthcare provider about alcohol and substance use problems.

Wooster Community Hospital: Behavioral Health (inpatient and outpatient)

Wooster Community Hospital’s behavioral health programs are designed for those diagnosed with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, schizophrenia, and other mental health issues.

Wooster Community Hospital: Drug & Alcohol Withdrawal Program- Recovery & Addiction Medicine Program (RAMP)

Wooster Community Hospital (WCH) Health System is a 173-bed, full-service acute-care facility offering a complete range of inpatient and outpatient services. WCH is proud to partner with OneEighty, a local crisis hotline and recovery assistance group, to offer a voluntary inpatient withdrawal assistance program for adults who are addicted to opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines, and related substances.