Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Eliot, ME.

Substance abuse rehab programs which cater to the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more helpful for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused treatment can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel they may experience when going to rehab and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who understand the specific difficulties they encounter. In mixed age programs seniors and older adults can at times be less likely to participate completely in group sessions with younger clients who are not familiar with their generational and age related unique challenges. Substance abuse rehabilitation programs which offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can offer a platform of mutual understanding, respect, and support to handle the challenges to treatment.

Treatment professionals at drug and alcohol rehab centers for seniors and older adults are prepared to offer their unique expertise with these clients to resolve generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any unique physical or mental health issues or challenges this subset of client faces while in treatment. 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 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 prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of recovery many need medical intervention not just through detoxification but to determine which prescriptions should be eliminated or continued as part of the treatment process and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.

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