Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Williamsburg, MA.

Drug and alcohol rehab facilities which cater to the unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more helpful for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused recovery services can be helpful with the initial stigma that these clients feel when entering treatment and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the specific challenges they encounter. In age neutral facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to engage fully in group sessions with younger clients who don't understand their generational and age related specific issues. Addiction treatment facilities that offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and solace to address the challenges to rehab.

Treatment professionals at substance abuse treatment centers for seniors and older adults are there to deliver their unique expertise with these clients to work on age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any unique mental or physical impairments and challenges this demographic of client faces while in treatment. 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 the needs of older clients by the way group and individual counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately prone to the abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs, and as part of treatment many need medical intervention 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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