Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Newport, RI.

Addiction rehab facilities which provide services to the unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more beneficial for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult centered recovery services can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel they may experience when entering treatment and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the unique challenges they face. In age neutral programs seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to participate fully in group sessions with the younger age group who are not familiar with their age related and generational unique issues. Substance abuse treatment facilities which provide a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can provide a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and solace to work through the challenges to rehab.

Treatment staff at substance abuse rehabilitation programs for seniors and older adults are prepared 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 group of client faces while in rehab. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be delivered with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment professionals who are experienced with the needs of older clients by the means of 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 need medical assistance not just through detoxification but to figure out which medical drugs should be eliminated or continued as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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