Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Pikeville, KY.

Substance abuse treatment programs which provide services to the unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more helpful for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused recovery services can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel they may experience when going to rehab and it offers support from others in the same stage of life who empathize and understand the unique challenges they encounter. In mixed age facilities seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to contribute fully in group activities with younger clients who don't understand their age related and generational specific issues. Addiction rehab centers which provide a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and solace to work through the challenges to recovery.

Treatment professionals at substance abuse treatment centers for seniors and older adults are prepared to offer their unique expertise with older clients to resolve age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any specific physical or mental health issues or challenges this group of client faces while in treatment. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be presented with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment professionals who are prepared to accommodate the needs of older clients by the means of group and individual counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately apt to the abuse of prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of recovery many require medical assistance 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 prolong their life.

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