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

Substance abuse treatment centers which cater to the unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult centered recovery services can be helpful with the initial stigma that seniors may feel when going to treatment and it offers the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who understand the specific difficulties they face. In age neutral facilities seniors and older adults can at times be less likely to participate fully in group sessions with younger clients who don't understand their age related and generational specific challenges. Addiction rehabilitation centers that offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and support to address the difficulties in rehab.

Rehabilitation staff at addiction treatment 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 unique physical or mental impairments and challenges this group of client faces while in treatment. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be produced with audio or verbal 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 means of group and individual counseling sessions.

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

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