Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Sonoma, CA.

Drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers which cater to the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more beneficial for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult focused treatment can be helpful with the initial stigma that these clients feel when entering treatment and it provides support from others in the same stage of life who understand the unique challenges they encounter. In mixed age programs seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to participate fully in group sessions with the younger age group who don't understand their generational and age related unique challenges. Drug and Alcohol treatment centers which offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can offer a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and support to handle the difficulties in rehab.

Rehabilitation professionals at substance abuse rehab facilities for seniors and older adults are prepared to deliver their unique expertise with older clients to work on generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any unique mental or physical impairments and challenges this demographic of client faces while in treatment. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be delivered with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment therapists 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 prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of treatment many require medical assistance not just through detoxification but to determine which prescriptions should be continued or eliminated as part of the treatment process and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.

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