Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Darien, CT.

Substance abuse treatment programs which cater to the specific needs of seniors and older adults can be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused recovery services can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when entering treatment and it offers support from others in the same stage of life who understand the specific difficulties they face. In age neutral facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to engage fully in group sessions with the younger age group who don't understand their generational and age related unique challenges. Substance abuse treatment programs that provide a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can offer a connection of mutual understanding, respect, and comfort to handle the difficulties in rehab.

Treatment professionals at substance abuse treatment centers for seniors and older adults are prepared to offer their unique expertise with these clients to resolve generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any unique mental or physical impairments and challenges this group of client faces while in recovery. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be presented with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material 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 determine which medical drugs should be eliminated or continued as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.

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