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Aging in Recovery: Rethinking Social Work Across the Lifespan

Social work has long been a field defined by its response to visible human need—crises, poverty, institutional neglect, and systemic inequality. Over time, influential figures such as Dorothea Dix, Jane Addams, Mary Richmond, and Saul Alinsky shaped frameworks to address urgent social problems. Yet despite this evolution, a critical phase remains underdeveloped in theory: what […]

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ARRM: Rethinking Recovery Through Environment and Continuity

As the field of Aging in Recovery continues to take shape, one question becomes unavoidable: what does long-term recovery actually require as individuals enter later life? The Aging in Recovery Residential Model (ARRM) offers a clear and practical answer. It is not an abstract concept or a general response framework. ARRM is a structural, residential

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Aging in Recovery: The Population We Failed to Plan For

Over the past several decades, thousands of individuals have achieved something once considered unlikely—long-term recovery from substance use disorders. Many have sustained that recovery for 10, 20, and even 30 years. Today, they are entering older adulthood. Yet despite this success, there is a problem: no system was built for what comes next. Aging in

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Aging in Place—But Not Always in Stability

Aging in place has become one of the most widely promoted ideas in aging policy. The concept is simple: remaining at home as one grows older is associated with independence, comfort, and continuity. For many, this holds true. But the model assumes something that is not always present—stability. For individuals aging in recovery, stability is

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Implications for Practice, Policy, and Lifespan Recovery Support

This is a hypothetical case for educational purposes, developed by Gil Cintron, LMSW She entered recovery at 22. At the time, no one used the phrase long-term recovery. The goal was simpler, more immediate: stop using, stabilize, survive. She had been living on the margins—selling sex to support her addiction, moving between unstable housing situations,

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Aging in Recovery The System Gap Hiding in Plain Sight

A growing number of individuals are entering older adulthood after decades of sustained recovery. Yet the systems designed to support aging populations were never built with this group in mind. Aging services focus on physical decline, chronic illness, and functional support. Behavioral health systems, by contrast, tend to focus on early recovery and treatment. What

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