Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - West Harrison, NY.

Addiction treatment facilities which provide services to the specific needs of seniors and older adults can be more helpful for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused recovery services can be helpful with the initial stigma that seniors may feel when going to rehab and it offers support from others in the same stage of life who understand the unique challenges they face. In mixed age programs seniors and older adults can at times be less likely to participate completely in group sessions with the younger age group who are not familiar with their generational and age related unique challenges. Drug and Alcohol rehabilitation programs which provide a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can provide a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and comfort to work through the difficulties in rehab.

Treatment staff at addiction treatment centers for seniors and older adults are there 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 specific physical or mental health issues or challenges this demographic of client faces while in recovery. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be delivered with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material 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 treatment many need medical intervention not just through detoxification but to determine which medical drugs should be eliminated or continued as part of the treatment process and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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