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Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centers - Astoria, OR.

Drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs which provide services to the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more helpful for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult focused treatment can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when entering rehab and it provides support from others in the same stage of life who understand the unique difficulties they encounter. In mixed age facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less likely to contribute fully in group sessions with the younger age group who are not familiar with their generational and age related unique issues. Addiction treatment centers that offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and comfort to work through the difficulties in rehab.

Treatment professionals at addiction treatment facilities for seniors and older adults are there to deliver their unique expertise with these clients to resolve generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any unique physical or mental impairments and challenges this subset of client faces while in treatment. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be presented with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment counselors who are prepared to accommodate 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 require medical intervention not just through detoxification but to establish which medical drugs should be eliminated or continued as part of the treatment process and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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