Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Etowah, TN.

Drug and alcohol treatment programs which cater to the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more beneficial for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult centered treatment can be helpful 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 understand the specific challenges they face. In younger age facilities seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to engage completely in group sessions with younger clients who don't understand their generational and age related specific issues. Substance abuse rehabilitation programs that provide a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a platform of mutual understanding, respect, and support to handle the difficulties in recovery.

Treatment professionals at drug and alcohol treatment facilities for seniors and older adults are prepared to deliver their unique expertise with older clients to work on generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any unique physical or mental health issues or challenges this group of client faces while in recovery. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be presented with audio or verbal 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 prone to the abuse of prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of treatment many require medical assistance not just through safe detox but to determine which medical drugs should be eliminated or continued as part of the treatment process and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.

There are 1 Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers offering this service in Etowah, TN

• Starr Regional Hospital
  423-263-3600
  886 Highway 411 North
  Etowah, TN. 37331
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Military Insurance
  Private Health Insurance
  Cash or Self Payment
  State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid
  

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