Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Palo Alto, CA.

Substance abuse rehabilitation facilities which cater to the unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more helpful for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused treatment can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel they may experience when entering rehab and it offers the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the unique challenges they face. In younger age facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to contribute fully in group activities with younger clients who don't understand their age related and generational specific challenges. Drug and Alcohol rehab programs that provide a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a platform of mutual understanding, respect, and solace to work through the challenges to recovery.

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

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately prone to the abuse of prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of recovery 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 clean and sober lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.

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