Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers - Tallahassee, FL.

Addiction rehab centers which serve the specific needs of seniors and older adults can be more beneficial for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult focused recovery can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel they may experience when going to treatment and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the specific challenges they encounter. In age neutral facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to participate completely in group activities with younger clients who are not familiar with their age related and generational specific issues. Drug and Alcohol rehabilitation programs that offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can provide a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and support to handle the challenges to treatment.

Treatment staff at addiction rehab centers for seniors and older adults are there to deliver their unique expertise with these clients to work on age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any specific mental or physical health issues or challenges this group of client faces while in rehab. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be produced with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment therapists who are prepared to accommodate the needs of older clients by the way 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 require medical assistance not just through detoxification 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.

There are 1 Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities offering this service in Tallahassee, FL

• A Life Recovery Center Inc
  850-224-9991
  449 West Georgia Street
  Tallahassee, FL. 32301
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Cash or Self Payment
  Sliding Fee Scale
  

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