Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Leavenworth, KS.

Addiction rehab programs which provide services to the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more helpful for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult centered treatment can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel they may experience when entering rehab and it offers support from others in the same stage of life who empathize and understand the specific challenges they encounter. In mixed age facilities seniors and older adults can at times be less likely to engage completely in group sessions with younger clients who don't understand their generational and age related unique issues. Substance abuse rehabilitation centers that provide a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can provide a connection of mutual understanding, respect, and solace to handle the challenges to rehab.

Rehabilitation staff at addiction rehab programs for seniors and older adults are prepared 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 subset of client faces while in recovery. 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 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 treatment many require medical assistance not just through safe detox but to determine which medical drugs should be continued or eliminated as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.

There are 2 Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs offering this service in Leavenworth, KS

• St. John Hospital
  913-680-6220
  3500 South 4th Street
  Leavenworth, KS. 66048
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Military Insurance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  
• Dwight D Eisenhower VAMC
  913-682-2000
  4101 South 4th Street Trafficway
  Leavenworth, KS. 66048
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Military Insurance
  

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