Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs - Lebanon, OR.

Drug and alcohol rehab centers which provide services to the unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused recovery can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when entering rehab and it offers the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the unique difficulties they encounter. In mixed age programs seniors and older adults can at times be less likely to participate fully in group activities with younger clients who are not familiar with their generational and age related unique issues. Substance abuse rehab centers which provide a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can offer a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and support to handle the difficulties in recovery.

Rehabilitation professionals at substance abuse treatment programs for seniors and older adults are there to offer their unique expertise with these clients to work on age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any specific physical or mental impairments and challenges this subset of client faces while in rehab. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be presented with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment therapists who are experienced with the needs of older clients by the way group and individual counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately apt to the abuse of prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of recovery many require medical intervention not just through detoxification but to figure out which medical drugs should be eliminated or continued as part of the treatment process and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.

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