Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Godfrey, IL.

Addiction treatment centers which cater to the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more helpful for this client demographic. Senior and older adult centered treatment can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when going to rehab and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the specific difficulties they face. In mixed age programs seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to engage fully in group activities with the younger age group who don't understand their generational and age related specific challenges. Substance abuse rehab facilities that offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can offer a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and support to work through the challenges to recovery.

Rehabilitation professionals at substance abuse rehab centers for seniors and older adults are prepared to deliver their unique expertise with these clients to resolve generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any unique physical or mental health issues or challenges this subset of client faces while in rehab. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be presented with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment counselors who are experienced with the needs of older clients by the way group and individual counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately apt to the abuse of prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of treatment many require medical assistance not just through detoxification but to figure out which medical drugs should be eliminated or continued as part of the treatment process and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.

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