Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Palmyra, ME.

Drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities which cater to the specific needs of seniors and older adults may be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult centered recovery services can be helpful with the initial stigma that these clients feel when going to rehab and it offers support from others in the same stage of life who empathize and understand the unique difficulties they encounter. In age neutral facilities seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to engage completely in group sessions with younger clients who are not familiar with their generational and age related unique issues. Addiction treatment facilities which provide a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a platform of mutual understanding, respect, and comfort to handle the difficulties in treatment.

Rehabilitation staff at drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities for seniors and older adults are prepared to offer their unique expertise with older clients to resolve generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any specific physical or mental impairments and challenges this demographic of client faces while in recovery. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be presented with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment therapists who are prepared to accommodate such 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 safe detox but to figure out which prescriptions should be continued or eliminated as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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