Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Bowie, MD.

Substance abuse rehabilitation centers which provide services to the specific needs of seniors and older adults may be more beneficial for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult centered recovery services can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when going to rehab and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the unique challenges they face. In mixed age facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to contribute completely in group activities with the younger age group who don't understand their age related and generational specific issues. Substance abuse rehab centers which provide a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can offer a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and comfort to work through the difficulties in rehab.

Rehabilitation staff at addiction rehab facilities 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 specific mental or physical impairments and challenges this subset of client faces while in rehab. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be produced 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 group and individual counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately prone to the abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs, and as part of recovery many require medical assistance not just through safe detox but to determine which medical drugs should be eliminated or continued as part of the treatment process and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will prolong their life.

There are 2 Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs offering this service in Bowie, MD

• VOAC
  301-306-0904
  8603 Elm Avenue
  Bowie, MD. 20715
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Payment Assistance
  
• Utopia Health Services Inc
  301-383-1629
  14300 Gallant Fox Lane
  Bowie, MD. 20715
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicaid
  Cash or Self Payment
  

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