Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Gaithersburg, MD.

Addiction rehabilitation 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 these clients feel when entering rehab and it offers support from others in the same stage of life who understand the unique difficulties they encounter. In younger age facilities seniors and older adults can at times be less likely to participate completely in group activities with younger clients who are not familiar with their age related and generational specific issues. Addiction rehab centers that provide 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 treatment.

Rehabilitation staff at drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers for seniors and older adults are prepared to offer their unique expertise with these clients to resolve age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any unique physical or mental impairments and challenges this subset of client faces while in recovery. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be presented with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment professionals 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 prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of recovery many require medical intervention not just through safe detox but to figure out which prescriptions 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 1 Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities offering this service in Gaithersburg, MD

• Family Health Center
  301-963-7222
  6 Montgomery Village Avenue
  Gaithersburg, MD. 20879
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicaid
  Military Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  Sliding Fee Scale
  

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