Substance abuse rehabilitation programs which serve the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more beneficial for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult focused recovery can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when going to treatment and it offers the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the unique difficulties they face. In age neutral facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to engage completely in group sessions with younger clients who don't understand their age related and generational specific challenges. Substance abuse rehab facilities 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 challenges to rehab.
Rehabilitation staff at addiction rehab programs 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 considering any unique mental or physical impairments and challenges this group of client faces while in treatment. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be delivered with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment counselors who are prepared to accommodate the needs of older clients by the way individual and group counseling sessions.
Seniors and older adults are disproportionately apt to the abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs, and as part of treatment many require medical intervention not just through detoxification 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.
There are 2 Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs offering this service in Leitchfield, KY
For All Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs In Leitchfield, Click Here.