Treating the individual, the addiction & the family

One of Ireland’s leading Addiction Treatment Centres, Talbot Grove,
 releases participant treatment statistics for 2016

85% of all participants successfully complete
Residential Treatment Programme at Talbot Grove

Alcohol continues to be the main drug of addiction in Irish society

Success and value of residential treatment is reflected by the Talbot Grove figures

Tuesday 6th June, 2017
Talbot Grove Addiction Treatment Centre, Castleisland, County Kerry, has today released its annual treatment statistics report for 2016. The only facility of its kind in the South-West of Ireland, the report affirms the Centre’s reputation as a national leader in the treatment of addiction, with 85% of Talbot Grove participants successfully completing their 30 day Residential Programme. The newly released figures also reveal that those seeking treatment were predominately male (63%) with 37% female and 55% of all participants are in full employment and educated with 42% completing Leaving Certificate and 27% having a third level qualification. Participants tend to seek treatment as they get older with 58% of all participants over 40 years of age. Family was the main source of referral at 48%, with self referral at 39%, followed by HSE financially supported referrals at 8%. The Talbot Grove figures show that the primary reason people seek treatment* (but not exclusive) is alcohol at 77%, followed by cannabis at 11%. There was a small, but significant increase in those seeking treatment for Cocaine use from 3 - 5%, reflecting trends nationally. For more information - www.talbotgrove.ie

The Talbot Grove report highlights that location is a strong influence on where those suffering from addiction seek treatment and 47% of residential participants were from Kerry, with 22% from Cork and 17% from Limerick. As almost half of referrals are from family members, they then continue to play an important role in the treatment programme at Talbot Grove with the majority of participants in the residential programme having 3 or more family members/significant others, involved in the Family Support programmes run at Talbot Grove.

Con Cremin, Executive Director, Talbot Grove
“Talbot Grove’s excellent residential treatment programme completion rate, and the high numbers who continue to attend our aftercare services, compares very favourably with other addiction treatment facilities nationally. We attribute our success in treating addiction to our ethos of only working with a small group (maximum capacity of 12), so we can completely focus on each participant as they take their personal journey on the road to recovery. The profile of person that comes to Talbot Grove is very broad, crossing all sectors of society and reflects the fact that addiction doesn’t respect social and geographic distinctions as it can affect anyone, as shown in the released figures.  It is also very clear that alcohol continues to be the main drug of addiction in Irish society, and hopefully the new National Drug Strategy will reflect this. Equally the success and value of residential treatment is reflected by the figures released by Talbot Grove. They show that Talbot Grove is a vital and valuable service to have in the South West of the country, and that the residential nature of the service is key to the success of many people in starting their life of recovery from addiction”

Talbot Grove was established in 1993 to provide residential service for people with addictions, including alcohol, gambling, drugs and other related issues and to support families living with addiction. Talbot Grove provides a pleasant, private and peaceful therapeutic environment in a homely setting surrounded by secluded gardens. All treatments are broadly based on a combination of the Minnesota Model of Addiction Treatment and the 12 Step approach originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Services are delivered by a team of professionally qualified & highly experienced Addiction Counsellors.

Talbot Grove was recently awarded the prestigious ISO 9001: 2008 for excellence in Systems & Processes supporting the delivery of services, and also reaccredited with the CHKS Accreditation Award for Healthcare. It has also been selected for the second year running as one of the principal charities of the Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle to help with fundraising for future planned development.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
* Alcohol is the primary addiction issue presenting, however many of those will also have problems with other substances such as benzodiazepines, over the counter medications, opiates, cannabis and cocaine, or have gambling, eating disorders or other addiction issues.
* Statistics collated from anonymized data supplied to the Health Research Board from total of 137 participants in Talbot Grove in 2016.