Substance abuse treatment facilities which provide services to the unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more helpful for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused treatment can be helpful with the initial stigma that seniors may feel when entering treatment and it offers support from others in the same stage of life who understand the unique difficulties they face. In mixed age facilities seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to engage fully in group activities with the younger age group who don't understand their age related and generational unique issues. Addiction treatment programs which offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and support to address the difficulties in rehab.
Treatment staff at drug and alcohol treatment 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 subset of client faces while in rehab. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be produced with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment therapists who are experienced with the 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 need medical assistance not just through detoxification but to determine which medical drugs should be continued or eliminated as part of the treatment process and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will prolong their life.
There are 2 Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities offering this service in Marietta, GA
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