Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Veneta, OR.

Drug and alcohol treatment facilities which cater to the specific needs of seniors and older adults may be more helpful for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult focused treatment can be helpful with the initial stigma that these clients feel 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 programs seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to participate fully in group sessions with younger clients who are not familiar with their generational and age related unique challenges. Addiction rehab programs which offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can provide a platform of mutual understanding, respect, and comfort to address the challenges to rehab.

Rehabilitation staff at drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs for seniors and older adults are prepared to offer their unique expertise with older clients to work on generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any specific physical or mental health issues or challenges this group of client faces while in recovery. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be produced with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment therapists who are experienced with such 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 safe detox but to determine which medical drugs should be eliminated or continued as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.

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