Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Waite, ME.

Substance abuse rehabilitation facilities which cater to the unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more helpful for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult focused recovery can be helpful with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when going to treatment and it provides support from others in the same stage of life who empathize and understand the specific challenges they encounter. In mixed age facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to contribute fully in group activities with younger clients who don't understand their age related and generational unique challenges. Drug and Alcohol rehabilitation programs that provide a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can offer a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and support to handle the difficulties in rehab.

Treatment staff at addiction rehab facilities for seniors and older adults are there to deliver their unique expertise with these clients to resolve age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any specific physical or mental impairments and challenges this subset of client faces while in recovery. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be presented with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment professionals who are prepared to accommodate such needs of older clients by the way individual and group 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 assistance not just through detoxification but to establish which prescriptions should be eliminated or continued as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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