Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Mammoth Lakes, CA.

Substance abuse treatment centers which provide services to the unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more helpful for this client demographic. Senior and older adult centered recovery services can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel when entering rehab and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who understand the unique challenges they face. In mixed age facilities seniors and older adults can at times be less likely to engage fully in group sessions with the younger age group who don't understand their age related and generational unique issues. Drug and Alcohol rehab centers which offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can offer a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and comfort to work through the difficulties in treatment.

Treatment professionals at substance abuse rehab programs for seniors and older adults are prepared to deliver their unique expertise with these clients to work on age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any specific physical or mental health issues or challenges this group of client faces while in recovery. Program materials 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 prepared to accommodate 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 prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of treatment many require medical intervention not just through detoxification but to establish which medical drugs 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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