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

Addiction treatment facilities which provide services to the unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused treatment 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 empathize and understand the specific difficulties they encounter. In younger age facilities seniors and older adults can at times be less likely to participate fully in group activities with the younger age group who are not familiar with their age related and generational unique issues. Substance abuse treatment programs that provide a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can offer a connection of mutual understanding, respect, and support to work through the challenges to recovery.

Rehabilitation professionals at substance abuse rehab programs for seniors and older adults are there to deliver their unique expertise with older clients to resolve age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any specific mental or physical impairments and challenges this group of client faces while in recovery. 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 professionals who are experienced with the needs of older clients by the way individual and group counseling sessions.

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

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