Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Townshend, VT.

Addiction rehab facilities which serve the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more helpful for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult centered recovery services can be helpful with the initial stigma that these clients feel they may experience when going to rehab and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who understand the specific challenges they face. In younger age programs seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to participate fully in group activities with the younger age group who are not familiar with their age related and generational unique challenges. Addiction rehab programs that offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can provide a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and support to work through the challenges to recovery.

Rehabilitation professionals at substance abuse rehab facilities for seniors and older adults are there to deliver their unique expertise with these clients to work on age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any specific mental or physical health issues or challenges this group of client faces while in recovery. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be delivered with verbal or audio 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 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 need medical intervention not just through detoxification but to establish which prescriptions should be eliminated or continued as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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