Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Aurora, WV.

Substance abuse rehab programs which serve the specific needs of seniors and older adults can be more helpful for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult centered recovery can be helpful with the initial stigma that seniors may feel when going to treatment and it provides support from others in the same stage of life who understand the specific difficulties they encounter. In mixed age facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to participate completely in group activities with younger clients who are not familiar with their generational and age related unique issues. Substance abuse rehab programs that provide a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can provide a connection of mutual understanding, respect, and solace to work through the difficulties in treatment.

Treatment staff at substance abuse rehab programs for seniors and older adults are there to offer their unique expertise with these clients to resolve generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any unique physical or mental impairments and challenges this group of client faces while in recovery. Program curriculum 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 experienced with the needs of older clients by the means of individual and group counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately prone 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 eliminated or continued as part of the treatment process and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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