Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Tangier, VA.

Substance abuse treatment facilities which serve the specific and 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 when entering rehab and it offers support from others in the same stage of life who understand the unique challenges they face. In age neutral facilities seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to contribute fully in group activities with the younger age group who are not familiar with their age related and generational specific challenges. Drug and Alcohol treatment programs that provide a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a platform of mutual understanding, respect, and comfort to address the challenges to recovery.

Rehabilitation staff at drug and alcohol rehab programs for seniors and older adults are prepared to deliver their unique expertise with older clients to resolve generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account 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 counselors who are prepared to accommodate such needs of older clients by the way group and individual counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately prone to the abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs, and as part of recovery many need medical intervention not just through detoxification but to figure out which prescriptions should be continued or eliminated as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.

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