Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Portsmouth, VA.

Drug and alcohol rehab centers which serve the unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused recovery services can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when entering rehab and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the specific difficulties they encounter. In age neutral 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 specific challenges. Substance abuse treatment centers which provide a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and support to handle the difficulties in rehab.

Treatment staff at substance abuse treatment centers for seniors and older adults are there to deliver their unique expertise with these clients to resolve age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any specific physical or mental impairments and challenges this group of client faces while in recovery. 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 professionals 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 recovery many require medical intervention not just through detoxification but to figure out which prescriptions should be eliminated or continued as part of the treatment process and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.

There are 1 Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities offering this service in Portsmouth, VA

• Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center
  757-398-2200 x2589
  3636 High Street
  Portsmouth, VA. 23707
  
  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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