About Curry Senior Center
The center offers several advantages that can help your addiction recovery if you’re a senior. Not only do they help you directly with counseling but they can help you get a more stable and healthy living situation with advocacy services as well as housing, food and other essentials. Plus they can help you build connections with other seniors because they have recreational and engagement activities too. And for anything else that will benefit your recovery they can refer you to other services and resources.
What especially impressed me about this facility is how they go the extra mile to make their services accessible to as many people as possible. They make house calls for those who are homebound. They even have multilingual services in nine different languages.
Clients at this facility say that the doctors listen to their needs. Some say they had trouble getting a response from the social work department, but overall, clients say the health care services here are attentive and helpful.
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I’m so sorry you had a negative experience with Curry Senior Center. We strive to ensure everyone who walks through our doors feels supported by the programs and services we provide. However, I’m confused as to why you received a bill; Curry does not and never has charged for any services or programs we provide. 100% of programs and services are free to everyone who signs up.
It appears you attended Curry in September 2025 but terminated your relationship after one month. Perhaps you are confusing Curry with another agency that you were working with? Again, I’m sorry you felt Curry did not meet your expectations, but as I mentioned, no bill was ever sent to you from Curry, as we do not charge for any services we provide.
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Other Forms of Payment
Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.
Financial aid can take many forms. Centers may have grants or scholarships available to clients who meet eligibility requirements. Programs that receive SAMHSA grants may have financial aid available for those who need treatment as well. Grants and scholarships can help you pai for treatment without having to repay.
Addiction Treatments
Levels of Care
Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.
Completing a drug or alcohol rehab program shouldn't spell the end of substance abuse treatment. Aftercare involves making a sustainable plan for recovery, including ongoing support. This can include sober living arrangements like halfway houses, career counseling, and setting a patient up with community programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA).
Treatments
The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.
Drug rehab in California teaches participants constructive ways to stay clean and sober. Treatment revolves around helping individuals stop using the substance they are addicted to and learn healthy habits to avoid relapse.
A combined mental health and substance abuse rehab has the staff and resources available to handle individuals with both mental health and substance abuse issues. It can be challenging to determine where a specific symptom stems from (a mental health issue or an issue related to substance abuse), so mental health and substance abuse professionals are helpful in detangling symptoms and keeping treatment on track.
Opioid rehabs specialize in supporting those recovering from opioid addiction. They treat those suffering from addiction to illegal opioids like heroin, as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone. These centers typically combine both physical as well as mental and emotional support to help stop addiction. Physical support often includes medical detox and subsequent medical support (including medication), and mental support includes in-depth therapy to address the underlying causes of addiction.
Programs
Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.
Clinical Services
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Staff
David Knego
Executive Director
Ruben Chavez
Deputy Director
Bill McAuliffe
Human Resource Manager
Maureen DeCoste
Development Director
Kathleen Mayeda
Clinical Case Manager Supervisor
Simone Simms
Support Service Program Manager
Judy Siu
Community Programs Manager
Anne Tuszynski
Director of Clinical Services
Contact Information
333 Turk street
San Francisco, CA 94102
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