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Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Schenectady, NY.

Addiction treatment facilities 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 services can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel when entering treatment and it offers support from others in the same stage of life who empathize and understand the specific difficulties they encounter. In mixed age programs 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 centers that offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a connection of mutual understanding, respect, and comfort to handle the challenges to treatment.

Treatment professionals at addiction 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 considering any specific mental or physical health issues or challenges this subset of client faces while in rehab. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be delivered with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment therapists who are experienced with the needs of older clients by the means of individual and group counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately apt 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 medical drugs should be eliminated or continued as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.

There are 1 Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers offering this service in Schenectady, NY

  • Ellis Hospital Mental Health Clinic
    518-243-3300
    216 Lafayette Street
    Schenectady, NY. 12305

    Treatment Services Offered:
    Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults

    Payment Forms Accepted:
    Medicare
    Medicaid
    Military Insurance
    Private Health Insurance
    Cash or Self Payment
    State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
    Sliding Fee Scale

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