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

Substance abuse rehab centers which cater to the specific needs of seniors and older adults can be more beneficial for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult centered recovery can be helpful with the initial stigma that seniors may feel when entering treatment and it offers support from others in the same stage of life who empathize and understand the unique challenges they encounter. In younger age programs seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to contribute completely in group activities with younger clients who don't understand their age related and generational unique issues. Drug and Alcohol rehab programs which offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and support to address the challenges to treatment.

Treatment staff at drug and alcohol rehab centers for seniors and older adults are prepared 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 mental or physical impairments and challenges this group of client faces while in rehab. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be produced with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment therapists who are experienced with the needs of older clients by the way individual and group counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately apt to the abuse of prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of treatment many require medical intervention not just through safe detox but to establish which prescriptions should be eliminated or continued as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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