Addiction rehab centers which cater to the specific needs of seniors and older adults can be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult centered recovery services can be helpful with the initial stigma that seniors may feel when going to treatment and it offers support from others in the same stage of life who understand the specific challenges they encounter. In younger age facilities seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to participate completely in group sessions with the younger age group who are not familiar with their age related and generational specific challenges. Substance abuse treatment programs that provide a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and support to address the challenges to treatment.
Rehabilitation professionals at substance abuse treatment centers for seniors and older adults are prepared to deliver their unique expertise with these clients to resolve age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any unique mental or physical impairments and challenges this subset 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 in reading material or treatment therapists who are experienced with 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 recovery many require medical assistance not just through safe detox but to establish which prescriptions should be eliminated or continued as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.