Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Pima, AZ.

Addiction treatment programs which cater to the unique 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 when entering treatment and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who understand the specific challenges they face. In age neutral facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less likely to engage fully in group activities with the younger age group who are not familiar with their age related and generational unique challenges. Drug and Alcohol treatment centers that offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can offer a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and support to address the challenges to treatment.

Treatment professionals at drug and alcohol treatment centers for seniors and older adults are prepared to deliver their unique expertise with these clients to resolve age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any specific mental or physical impairments and challenges this group of client faces while in treatment. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be presented with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment counselors who are prepared to accommodate such needs of older clients by the way individual and group counseling sessions.

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

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