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

Drug and alcohol rehab programs which provide services to the specific needs of seniors and older adults can be more helpful for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult centered recovery can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel when going to treatment and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the unique challenges they encounter. In mixed age programs seniors and older adults can sometimes be less likely to contribute completely in group activities with younger clients who don't understand their age related and generational specific challenges. Substance abuse rehabilitation programs which offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can offer a platform of mutual understanding, respect, and comfort to work through the difficulties in treatment.

Treatment staff at drug and alcohol treatment facilities 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 taking into account any specific physical or mental impairments and challenges this demographic of client faces while in recovery. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be delivered 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 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 need medical intervention not just through safe detox but to establish 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.

There are 1 Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs offering this service in Ridgway, IL

• Egyptian Public MH Dept
  618-272-4691
  112 East Main Street
  Ridgway, IL. 62979
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicaid
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  

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