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Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Laurel, NY.

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 centered treatment can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel when going to treatment and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the specific challenges they face. In mixed age facilities seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to participate completely in group activities with the younger age group who are not familiar with their age related and generational specific challenges. Drug and Alcohol rehabilitation centers that offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can provide a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and comfort to work through the difficulties in treatment.

Treatment professionals at addiction rehab programs for seniors and older adults are prepared to deliver their unique expertise with these clients to work on generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any unique physical or mental impairments and challenges this demographic of client faces while in treatment. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be produced with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment counselors 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 recovery many need medical intervention not just through detoxification but to establish which prescriptions should be continued or eliminated as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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