Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - New Britain, CT.

Substance abuse rehab facilities which serve the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more beneficial for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult centered recovery can be helpful with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when entering rehab and it offers the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who understand the unique challenges they encounter. In mixed age 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 specific issues. Substance abuse rehabilitation centers which provide a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a platform of mutual understanding, respect, and comfort to work through the difficulties in treatment.

Rehabilitation professionals at drug and alcohol rehab facilities for seniors and older adults are there to deliver their unique expertise with these clients to work on generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any specific physical or mental health issues or challenges this subset of client faces while in recovery. Program materials 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 prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of recovery many require medical assistance not just through safe detox but to figure out which medical drugs 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.

There are 2 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities offering this service in New Britain, CT

• Wheeler Clinic Inc
  860-224-6300
  75 North Mountain Road
  New Britain, CT. 6053
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  Sliding Fee Scale
  
• Hartford Dispensary New Britain Clinic
  860-827-3313
  70 Whiting Street
  New Britain, CT. 6051
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Access To Recovery Voucher
  Medicaid
  Cash or Self Payment
  

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