Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - South Windham, CT.

Drug and alcohol rehab programs which provide services to the unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused recovery services can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel when going to treatment and it offers support from others in the same stage of life who empathize and understand the unique difficulties they face. In younger age programs seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to participate fully in group sessions with the younger age group who don't understand their generational and age related specific issues. Drug and Alcohol rehabilitation 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 challenges to rehab.

Treatment staff at substance abuse rehabilitation programs for seniors and older adults are there to deliver their unique expertise with older clients to resolve generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any specific mental or physical health issues or challenges this demographic of client faces while in rehab. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be delivered with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment professionals who are experienced with such needs of older clients by the way group and individual 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 safe detox but to determine which prescriptions should be continued or eliminated as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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