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Addiction rehabilitation facilities which serve the specific needs of seniors and older adults can be more beneficial for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult centered treatment can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when entering treatment and it provides support from others in the same stage of life who understand the unique difficulties they encounter. In younger age programs seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to participate fully in group sessions with younger clients who don't understand their age related and generational specific challenges. Addiction treatment programs that provide a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can provide a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and comfort to handle the challenges to recovery.
Rehabilitation professionals at addiction treatment programs for seniors and older adults are prepared to offer their unique expertise with older clients to resolve age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any unique physical or mental impairments and challenges this group of client faces while in treatment. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be presented with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment counselors who are experienced with such needs of older clients by the way individual and group counseling sessions.
Seniors and older adults are disproportionately prone to the abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs, and as part of treatment many require medical assistance not just through detoxification but to figure out which prescriptions should be continued or eliminated as part of the treatment process and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.
