Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Patten, ME.

Drug and alcohol treatment centers which serve the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more helpful for this client demographic. Senior and older adult centered recovery can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel when entering rehab 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 likely to engage completely in group sessions with younger clients who don't understand their generational and age related unique issues. Addiction treatment facilities which provide a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can provide a connection of mutual understanding, respect, and solace to handle the challenges to treatment.

Treatment staff at drug and alcohol treatment programs for seniors and older adults are prepared to deliver their unique expertise with older clients to work on generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any unique physical or mental health issues or challenges this demographic of client faces while in recovery. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be presented with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment professionals who are experienced with the needs of older clients by the way group and individual counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately prone to the abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs, and as part of treatment many require medical intervention not just through detoxification but to establish which prescriptions 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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