Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Forest Dale, VT.

Substance abuse treatment centers which provide services 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 recovery services can be helpful 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 specific difficulties they face. In mixed age facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to participate completely in group sessions with younger clients who are not familiar with their age related and generational unique challenges. Drug and Alcohol treatment programs which offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can provide a platform of mutual understanding, respect, and solace to work through the challenges to treatment.

Treatment staff at substance abuse rehab centers for seniors and older adults are prepared to offer their unique expertise with these clients to work on age-related, generational, 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 treatment. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be presented with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment counselors who are experienced with such needs of older clients by the means of group and individual counseling sessions.

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

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