Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Thetford Center, VT.

Addiction treatment facilities which cater to the specific needs of seniors and older adults can be more helpful for this client demographic. Senior and older adult centered treatment can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel they may experience when entering rehab and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who understand the unique challenges they face. In mixed age programs seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to engage fully in group sessions with the younger age group who are not familiar with their age related and generational unique issues. Substance abuse rehab facilities that offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can provide a platform of mutual understanding, respect, and comfort to handle the challenges to rehab.

Rehabilitation professionals at drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities for seniors and older adults are prepared to offer their unique expertise with these clients to work on generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any specific physical or mental impairments and challenges this subset of client faces while in rehab. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be produced with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment counselors who are experienced with the needs of older clients by the way group and individual counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately apt to the abuse of prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of recovery many require medical intervention not just through detoxification but to establish which prescriptions 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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