Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Framingham, MA.

Drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs which cater to the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more beneficial for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult centered recovery can be helpful 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 challenges they encounter. In younger age facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less likely to engage fully in group sessions with younger clients who don't understand their age related and generational unique challenges. Drug and Alcohol rehabilitation programs that provide a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can offer a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and comfort to work through the difficulties in recovery.

Rehabilitation staff at substance abuse rehab centers 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 mental or physical health issues or 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 counselors who are prepared to accommodate such needs of older clients by the way individual and group 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 determine which prescriptions should be eliminated or continued as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.

There are 1 Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers offering this service in Framingham, MA

• Advocates Inc
  508-661-2020
  354 Waverly Street
  Framingham, MA. 1702
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  

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