Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities - Notre Dame, IN.

Substance abuse rehab programs which cater to the specific needs of seniors and older adults may be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult centered treatment can be helpful with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when going to rehab and it provides support from others in the same stage of life who empathize and understand the specific challenges they face. In mixed age facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to engage fully in group sessions with the younger age group who don't understand their generational and age related specific issues. Addiction treatment programs which offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can offer a platform of mutual understanding, respect, and support to work through the difficulties in treatment.

Rehabilitation professionals at substance abuse treatment facilities for seniors and older adults are prepared to offer their unique expertise with these clients to resolve 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 curriculum for seniors and older adults may be presented with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment therapists who are experienced with such 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 recovery many require medical intervention not just through detoxification but to determine 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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