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Drug and alcohol rehab programs 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 can be helpful with the initial stigma that these clients feel when going to treatment and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the unique difficulties they face. In mixed age facilities seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to contribute fully in group sessions with younger clients who are not familiar with their generational and age related unique issues. Substance abuse rehabilitation facilities which offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can provide a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and comfort to handle the difficulties in recovery.
Treatment professionals at substance abuse treatment facilities for seniors and older adults are prepared to deliver their unique expertise with older clients to work on generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any specific physical or mental health issues or challenges this subset of client faces while in recovery. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be presented with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment professionals who are prepared to accommodate the needs of older clients by the way individual and group counseling sessions.
Seniors and older adults are disproportionately apt to the abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs, and as part of treatment many require 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 healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.
There are 3 Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities offering this service in Akron, OH
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