Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Orange, CT.

Drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs which serve the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused recovery can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel when going to treatment and it provides support from others in the same stage of life who understand the unique difficulties they encounter. In mixed age facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less likely to contribute fully in group activities with younger clients who are not familiar with their generational and age related unique issues. Substance abuse treatment programs that offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a connection of mutual understanding, respect, and comfort to handle the difficulties in treatment.

Treatment professionals at drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers for seniors and older adults are there to deliver their unique expertise with older clients to work on age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any specific physical or mental impairments and challenges this group of client faces while in rehab. 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 therapists who are prepared to accommodate the needs of older clients by the means of group and individual counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately apt to the abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs, and as part of recovery many need medical intervention not just through safe detox but to establish 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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