Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Ashland, OR.

Addiction rehabilitation facilities which serve the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more helpful for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult centered recovery services can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when entering treatment and it provides support from others in the same stage of life who understand the unique challenges they face. In mixed age facilities seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to contribute completely in group sessions with the younger age group who don't understand their age related and generational unique issues. Drug and Alcohol treatment programs which offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and support to address the challenges to treatment.

Treatment staff at addiction treatment centers for seniors and older adults are there to offer their unique expertise with these clients to work on generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any unique mental or physical impairments and 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 professionals who are experienced with such needs of older clients by the means of group and individual 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 assistance not just through safe detox 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.

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