Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Columbia, MD.

Substance abuse treatment programs which serve the unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more beneficial for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult focused recovery services can be helpful with the initial stigma that these clients feel they may experience when going to rehab and it offers the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who understand the specific challenges they encounter. In mixed age programs seniors and older adults can sometimes be less likely to participate fully in group sessions with the younger age group who don't understand their generational and age related unique challenges. Addiction rehabilitation programs that offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can provide a connection of mutual understanding, respect, and support to work through the challenges to recovery.

Treatment professionals at substance abuse rehab facilities 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 group of client faces while in rehab. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be presented with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment therapists who are prepared to accommodate the needs of older clients by the way individual and group counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately prone to the abuse of prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of recovery many require medical assistance not just through detoxification but to figure out which medical drugs should be eliminated or continued as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.

There are 1 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities offering this service in Columbia, MD

• Better Way Counseling Services LLC
  410-730-4500
  9017 Red Branch Road
  Columbia, MD. 21045
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  Sliding Fee Scale
  

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