Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Westminster, MD.

Substance abuse treatment facilities which serve the specific needs of seniors and older adults can be more helpful for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult centered treatment can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when entering treatment and it provides 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 at times be less willing to engage completely in group activities with the younger age group who don't understand their generational and age related specific challenges. Substance abuse treatment facilities which offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can offer a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and comfort to work through the challenges to treatment.

Treatment staff at addiction treatment programs for seniors and older adults are there to deliver their unique expertise with older clients to work on age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any unique physical or mental health issues or challenges this subset of client faces while in rehab. 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 therapists who are experienced with the needs of older clients by the means of 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 safe detox but to establish which prescriptions should be continued or eliminated 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 2 Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers offering this service in Westminster, MD

• Carroll Hospital
  410-848-3000
  200 Memorial Avenue
  Westminster, MD. 21157
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Military Insurance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  
• Carroll County Health Department
  410-876-4800
  290 South Center Street
  Westminster, MD. 21157
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Access To Recovery Voucher
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  

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