Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Three Lakes, WI.

Drug and alcohol rehab programs which serve the specific needs of seniors and older adults may be more helpful for this client demographic. Senior and older adult centered treatment can be helpful with the initial stigma that these clients feel when entering treatment and it offers support from others in the same stage of life who empathize and understand the unique difficulties they encounter. In mixed age programs seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to engage fully in group activities with the younger age group who are not familiar with their age related and generational specific challenges. Addiction rehab programs which provide a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can provide a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and comfort to address the challenges to recovery.

Treatment staff at substance abuse rehab facilities for seniors and older adults are there to offer their unique expertise with these clients to resolve 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 rehab. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be delivered with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment counselors who are experienced with 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 assistance not just through detoxification but to establish which prescriptions should be continued or eliminated as part of the treatment process and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will sustain a long and happy life.

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