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Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs - Highland Park, IL.

Substance abuse treatment centers which provide services to the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused treatment can be helpful with the initial stigma that seniors may feel when going to rehab and it provides support from others in the same stage of life who understand the specific difficulties they encounter. In mixed age programs seniors and older adults can at times be less likely to contribute completely in group sessions with younger clients who are not familiar with their age related and generational specific issues. Substance abuse rehabilitation centers which offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can provide a platform of mutual understanding, respect, and solace to address the challenges to rehab.

Treatment staff at drug and alcohol treatment programs for seniors and older adults are prepared to deliver their unique expertise with older clients to work on generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any unique 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 or treatment professionals 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 need medical assistance not just through safe detox but to determine which medical drugs should be eliminated or continued as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.

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