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Drug and alcohol treatment facilities which cater to the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more beneficial for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult focused treatment can be helpful with the initial stigma that these clients feel 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 facilities seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to participate completely in group activities with younger clients who don't understand their age related and generational specific issues. Addiction rehabilitation programs which offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can offer a connection of mutual understanding, respect, and comfort to address the difficulties in recovery.
Treatment staff at drug and alcohol treatment programs for seniors and older adults are there 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 unique mental or physical impairments and challenges this demographic of client faces while in recovery. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be presented with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type or treatment therapists who are prepared to accommodate such needs of older clients by the way group and individual counseling sessions.
Seniors and older adults are disproportionately apt 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 medical drugs should be eliminated or continued as part of the treatment process and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.
There are 2 Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers offering this service in Wausau, WI
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