Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Monona, IA.

Drug and alcohol rehab programs which provide services to the specific needs of seniors and older adults can be more helpful for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused treatment can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel when going to rehab and it offers the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who understand the specific difficulties they face. In younger age programs seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to participate fully in group activities with younger clients who don't understand their generational and age related unique issues. Drug and Alcohol rehabilitation programs that provide a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can offer a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and solace to work through the difficulties in treatment.

Rehabilitation staff at substance abuse rehab facilities for seniors and older adults are there to offer their unique expertise with older clients to work on age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any unique physical or mental health issues or challenges this subset of client faces while in treatment. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be presented with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment professionals who are prepared to accommodate the needs of older clients by the way individual and group counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately apt to the abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs, and as part of treatment many need medical assistance not just through detoxification but to establish which medical drugs should be eliminated or continued as part of the treatment process and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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