Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Clark, PA.

Drug and alcohol rehab programs which serve the unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult centered recovery services can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel when going to treatment and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who understand the unique challenges they encounter. In mixed age programs seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to contribute fully in group sessions with the younger age group who don't understand their age related and generational unique issues. Substance abuse rehab facilities that offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can provide a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and support to work through the difficulties in recovery.

Rehabilitation professionals at drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities for seniors and older adults are there to offer their unique expertise with older clients to work on generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any unique mental or physical impairments and challenges this group of client faces while in treatment. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be produced with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment counselors who are experienced with the needs of older clients by the means of individual and group counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately prone to the abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs, and as part of recovery many require medical assistance not just through safe detox but to determine which prescriptions should be continued or eliminated as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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