Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Rural Valley, PA.

Drug and alcohol treatment programs which provide services to the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more helpful for this client demographic. Senior and older adult centered treatment can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel they may experience when going to treatment and it offers the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who understand the unique challenges they encounter. In mixed age programs seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to engage completely in group sessions with younger clients who are not familiar with their age related and generational specific issues. Drug and Alcohol rehab centers that offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can provide a connection of mutual understanding, respect, and support to address the challenges to rehab.

Treatment professionals at addiction treatment facilities for seniors and older adults are there to offer their unique expertise with older clients to resolve generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any specific mental or physical impairments and challenges this demographic of client faces while in treatment. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be delivered with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment counselors who are experienced with the needs of older clients by the means of group and individual counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately prone to the abuse of prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of treatment many need medical assistance not just through detoxification but to determine which medical drugs should be continued or eliminated as part of the treatment process and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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