Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Oxford, AL.

Substance abuse rehabilitation programs which serve the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more helpful for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused recovery services can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when going to treatment and it offers the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the specific difficulties they encounter. In younger age programs seniors and older adults can at times be less likely to engage fully in group sessions with younger clients who don't understand their generational and age related specific issues. Substance abuse rehabilitation facilities that provide a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and support to work through the challenges to rehab.

Rehabilitation staff at substance abuse rehab facilities for seniors and older adults are prepared to deliver their unique expertise with older clients to resolve age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any unique mental or physical impairments and challenges this subset of client faces while in recovery. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be delivered with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment professionals who are experienced with such needs of older clients by the means of group and individual counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately prone to the abuse of prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of treatment many require medical intervention not just through detoxification but to establish which prescriptions should be continued or eliminated as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.

There are 1 Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities offering this service in Oxford, AL

• Bradford Health Services
  256-365-2965
  1713 Hamric Drive East
  Oxford, AL. 36203
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Military Insurance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  

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