Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Dunbar, WV.

Drug and alcohol rehab facilities which provide services to the specific needs of seniors and older adults can be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused recovery services can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when entering treatment and it offers the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the specific difficulties they face. In mixed age programs seniors and older adults can at times be less likely to participate fully in group sessions with the younger age group who don't understand their age related and generational specific challenges. Addiction rehab facilities which offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can provide a platform of mutual understanding, respect, and comfort to work through the difficulties in rehab.

Rehabilitation staff at drug and alcohol treatment centers for seniors and older adults are there to deliver their unique expertise with older clients to resolve age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any unique physical or mental impairments and challenges this demographic of client faces while in rehab. Program curriculum for seniors and older adults may be presented with verbal or audio impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment counselors who are prepared to accommodate 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 safe detox but to establish which prescriptions should be continued or eliminated as part of the treatment process and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.

There are 1 Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs offering this service in Dunbar, WV

• Prestera Center
  304-768-6119
  2305 Dunbar Avenue
  Dunbar, WV. 25064
  
  Treatment Services Offered:
  Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Seniors or Older Adults
  
  Payment Forms Accepted:
  Medicare
  Medicaid
  Cash or Self Payment
  

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