Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Marion, SD.

Substance abuse treatment programs which serve the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more helpful for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult focused recovery can be helpful with the initial stigma that these clients feel they may experience when entering treatment and it provides support from others in the same stage of life who empathize and understand the unique difficulties they face. In younger age programs seniors and older adults can at times be less likely to participate fully in group activities with younger clients who don't understand their age related and generational unique challenges. Substance abuse rehab facilities that provide a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can offer a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and support to work through the challenges to recovery.

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

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately apt to the abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs, and as part of treatment many need medical intervention not just through detoxification but to establish which medical drugs should be eliminated or continued as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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