Addiction rehab programs which provide services to 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 when entering rehab and it offers support from others in the same stage of life who understand the unique difficulties they face. In age neutral facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less likely to contribute fully in group sessions with younger clients who don't understand their age related and generational specific issues. Addiction rehabilitation centers which provide a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can offer a connection of mutual understanding, respect, and solace to address the challenges to rehab.
Treatment staff at drug and alcohol treatment programs for seniors and older adults are there 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 specific physical or mental impairments and challenges this group 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 such 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 assistance not just through detoxification but to determine which prescriptions should be continued or eliminated as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will prolong their life.
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