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. >> WELCOME BACK. OVERCOMING ADDICTION IS TOUGH
ENOUGH IN NORMAL TIMES.
AND YOU ADD ON A PANDEMIC AND
IT'S ESPECIALLY COMPLICATED.
SO WHAT HELP IS OUT THERE?
EVENINGS JIM DEEVER SPOKE WITH
A NEW TELEHEALTH PROGRAM CALLED
BOULDER CARE ABOUT HOW THEY'RE
STARTING TO HELP PEOPLE IN THE
COMFORT OF THEIR OWN HOME.
>> THOUGH BOULDER IS A DIGITAL
CLINIC, WE DO TELEHEALTH AND SO
WE'RE VIRTUAL OVER AN APP ON
YOUR PHONE.
AND WE PROVIDE LONG TERM
COMPREHENSIVE CARE AND SUPPORT
FOR PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDERS, SPECIFICALLY OPIOID
USE DISORDER AND ALCOHOL USE
DISORDER.
>> SO WHAT IS THE MODEL THAT
THIS IS MADE FROM WHAT HOW HOW
DOES IT APPROACH THIS PROBLEM
DIFFERENTLY THAN MAYBE OTHER
PROGRAMS?
>> WELL, OUR MODEL IS GROUNDED
IN SCIENCE.
SO WE KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IF
WE START SOMEBODY WITH AN
OPIOID USE DISORDER ON
MEDICATION TO TREAT THIS
DISEASE THAT WE GET LIKE A 50
PERCENT REDUCTION RIGHT THEN
AND THEIR IN THEIR MORTALITY
THEIR RISK OF DYING FROM AN
OVERDOSE OR OTHER COMPLICATIONS
OF THEIR DISEASE GOES DOWN
SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND WE REALLY FOCUS ON
COMPASSION CARE, REALLY
NONJUDGMENTAL CARE.
WE KNOW FROM YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE, UNFORTUNATELY
THAT THE HARDER WE PUSH PEOPLE,
THE MORE WE STIGMATIZE THEM.
YOU KNOW THAT THAT PEOPLE
ACTUALLY JUST DON'T SEEK
TREATMENT IN THOSE CASES.
THE VERY DEFINITION
OF ADDICTION INVOLVES THE FACT
THAT PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO
USE SUBSTANCES IN SPITE
OF NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES.
SO THE HARDER YOU PUSH THE
FURTHER THEY GO AWAY.
AND SO WE'RE FOCUSED ON
DELIVERING REALLY COMPASSIONATE
CARE THAT RESPECTS PEOPLE AND
THEIR DISEASE.
COMPASSIONATE CARE BASED ON
SCIENCE.
>> NONJUDGMENTAL.
TREATING IT AS A WHAT IT IS
RIGHT AS A CHRONIC DISEASE AND
NOT A MORAL FAILING.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND WE USE A TEAM BASED
APPROACH.
SO WE HAVE CLINICIANS WHO ARE
SPECIALIZED IN ADDICTION CARE.
WE HAVE PEER COACHES WHO ARE
KIND OF THE HEART AND SOUL
OF OUR TEAM.
EVERY PATIENT IS MATCHED WITH
ONE WHO HAS LIVED EXPERIENCE
WITH ADDICTION AND SPECIALIZED
TRAINING IN COACHING AND
MOTIVATION.
AND THEN A CARE ADVOCATE WHO IS
EXPERIENCED IN HELPING PEOPLE
ACCESS THE CARE THAT THEY NEED
AND NAVIGATE THE COMPLEXITIES
OF OUR MEDICAL SYSTEM.
>> GREG, THERE SHOULDN'T BE A
STIGMA AROUND THESE ISSUES BUT
THERE STILL IS OF COURSE AND
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TELEGRAPH TO
THE WORLD WHEN THEY'RE WORKING
THEIR WAY THROUGH SOMETHING AS
DIFFICULT AS THIS.
HOW DID HOW DOES THIS PROGRAM
APPROACH THAT IN TERMS
OF CONFIDENTIALITY KEEPING A
PERSONAL PROBLEM PERSONAL?
YEAH, YOU KNOW, EVEN BEFORE
THAT THERE WAS A PANDEMIC.
>> PEOPLE HAD DIFFICULTY
ACCESSING GOOD CARE FOR.
FOR ADDICTION.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE REASON
YOU JUST MENTIONED.
STIGMA IS A HUGE PART OF IT.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW,
HAVE IT BE KNOWN TO THE WORLD
THAT THEY'RE TREATING, YOU
KNOW, LOOKING FOR TREATMENT FOR
ADDICTION AND SO YOU DON'T GET
LABELED DELTA IF YOU YOU KNOW,
BROADCAST OF WHAT YOU'RE
WORKING THROUGH OR ALL YOU'RE
DEALING WITH OUT THERE TO THE
WORLD CONTENT TO FOLLOW WAYS
THAT YOU DON'T WANT IT TO.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AND SO WE MAKE A VERY PRIVATE
APPROACH.
PEOPLE CAN SEEK OUR HELP FROM,
YOU KNOW, THE PRIVACY OF THEIR
OWN HOME.
THEY YOU KNOW, MEET WITH US
OVER AN APP ON THEIR PHONE
WHEREVER IT'S CONVENIENT.
SO I MEET WITH PEOPLE ON THEIR
LUNCH BREAKS, YOU KNOW, IN
THEIR HOME WITH THEIR KIDS
PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND.
HOWEVER, WE CAN HELP TO MAKE IT
WORK FOR THEM AND THEIR LIVES.
AND YOU SAID THIS IS SOMETHING
YOU WERE DOING EVEN BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC.
THAT'S CORRECT.
YEAH.
SO YOU FOUND THAT IT WAS A
USEFUL APPROACH.
EVEN BEFORE WE WE ALL GOT
LOCKED INTO OUR BASEMENT.
YOU WERE YOU WERE ABLE TO DO
THIS AND WORK ONE ON ONE WITH
PEOPLE EFFECTIVELY THAT WAY.
>> YES.
>> SO HOW CAN WE LEARN A LITTLE
BIT MORE TO DELVE A BIT DEEPER?
>> SO WE ARE I WOULD RECOMMEND
THAT PEOPLE GO AND VISIT OUR
WEB SITE.
SO THAT'S W W W DOT BALDOR DOT
CARE FORWARD SLASH NEW DAY.
WE'RE PARTNERED WITH INSURANCE
COMPANIES INCLUDING PREMERA
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD AND
WE'RE ADDING MORE EVERY DAY.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
ENJOINING FOR YOURSELF OR IF
YOU'RE INTERESTED IN FINDING
OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW
TO SUPPORT A LOVED ONE
ESPECIALLY DURING HOLIDAYS
LOOKING AT HOW HARD THINGS ARE
RIGHT NOW BEING ISOLATED,
HAVING ACCESS ISSUES AND ALL
THE PIECES THAT GO ALONG WITH
IT, THEN VISIT OUR WEB SITE AND
GET SOME MORE INFORMATION.
>> LET ME JUST ASK YOU ONE MORE
THING.
YOU'VE SEEN LIVES CHANGED RIGHT
BEFORE YOUR EYES AND IT IT MUST
BE PRETTY GRATIFYING.
WHAT DOES THIS WAS IT DO FOR
YOU TO SEE THAT TO SEE WHAT THE
PROGRAM CAN DO?
YOU KNOW, IT'S A GIFT.
>> I FEEL I'M INCREDIBLY
FORTUNATE TO SEE THIS CHANGE IN
PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I THINK FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE IN
IT CAN BE REALLY HARD TO
BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE
REAL CHANGE.
BEING THERE FOR ONE ANOTHER IT
GETS HARDER AND HARDER.
BUT WE KNOW AGAIN GROUNDED IN
SCIENCE THAT THAT SUPPORT AND
LOVE OF FAMILY MEMBERS THROUGH
ALL OF THIS MAKES A BIG
DIFFERENCE AND HEALS PEOPLE'S
BRAINS.
AND SO SO BEING THERE FOR ONE
ANOTHER, SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER
GOES A LONG WAY.
SO DON'T GIVE UP HOPE.
I SEE THIS EVERY DAY.
I KNOW PEOPLE CAN CHANGE.
WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT TREATMENTS
TO DO IT AND.
AND I JUST HAPPEN TO BE
INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE
TO SEE IT EVERY DAY.
>> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BOLDER
CARE.
PLEASE VISIT BOULDER DOC CARE
SLASH NEWDAY OR VISIT OUR WEB
SITE FOR MORE INFO.
REMEMBER HEALTH IS ALWAYS OUT
THERE AND ON THE TOPIC
OF ADDICTION.
A NEW REPORT SHOWS ALCOHOL USE
AMONG WOMEN IS SPIKING THIS
YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO CHECK IN KING 5
NEWS ABOUT THESE NEW
DEVELOPMENTS COMING UP NEXT.