Substance abuse treatment facilities 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 recovery services 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 face. In age neutral facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to participate completely in group sessions with younger clients who are not familiar with their generational and age related specific challenges. Addiction rehabilitation centers that offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can offer a platform of mutual understanding, respect, and support to handle the difficulties in recovery.
Rehabilitation staff at substance abuse rehabilitation facilities for seniors and older adults are prepared to deliver their unique expertise with these clients to work on generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any specific physical or mental health issues or challenges this group of client faces while in treatment. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be produced with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment therapists who are prepared to accommodate such needs of older clients by the way individual and group counseling sessions.
Seniors and older adults are disproportionately prone to the abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs, and as part of treatment many require medical intervention not just through safe detox but to figure out which prescriptions should be continued or eliminated as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.
There are 5 Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities offering this service in Pocatello, ID
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