Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Hillside, IL.

Substance abuse rehabilitation programs which cater to the specific needs of seniors and older adults may be more helpful for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused recovery can help 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 specific challenges they face. In age neutral programs seniors and older adults can at times be less likely to engage completely in group sessions with younger clients who don't understand their age related and generational specific challenges. Substance abuse rehabilitation programs which offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can offer a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and solace to address the difficulties in recovery.

Treatment staff at substance abuse rehabilitation facilities for seniors and older adults are there to deliver their unique expertise with older clients to work on age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any unique physical or mental impairments and challenges this group of client faces while in treatment. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be delivered with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment therapists who are prepared to accommodate the 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 eliminated or continued as part of the treatment process and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.

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