Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Purlear, NC.

Substance abuse rehabilitation programs which serve the specific needs of seniors and older adults may be more beneficial for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult centered recovery can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when entering treatment and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the specific difficulties they encounter. In age neutral facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to contribute fully in group sessions with the younger age group who don't understand their age related and generational unique issues. Substance abuse rehab programs that offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can offer a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and support to address the challenges to recovery.

Treatment staff at substance abuse treatment programs for seniors and older adults are prepared to offer 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 specific mental or physical impairments and challenges this group of client faces while in rehab. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be delivered with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment professionals who are experienced with the needs of older clients by the way individual and group counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately prone to the abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs, and as part of treatment many need medical assistance not just through detoxification but to determine which medical drugs 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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