Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facilities - Mansfield, IL.

Substance abuse treatment centers which provide services to the specific needs of seniors and older adults may be more helpful for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult focused treatment can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel when going to rehab 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 at times be less willing to contribute completely in group sessions with the younger age group who are not familiar with their age related and generational unique challenges. Substance abuse treatment facilities which offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can offer a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and comfort to handle the challenges to recovery.

Treatment staff at substance abuse treatment centers for seniors and older adults are there 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 unique mental or physical impairments and challenges this demographic of client faces while in rehab. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be delivered with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment therapists who are prepared to accommodate the needs of older clients by the way group and individual counseling sessions.

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

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