Seniors or Older Adults - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers - Hygiene, CO.

Substance abuse treatment programs which serve the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult centered treatment can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel when going to treatment and it offers the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who understand the unique challenges they encounter. In mixed age programs seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to participate fully in group activities with the younger age group who don't understand their age related and generational specific challenges. Substance abuse rehabilitation programs which offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can offer a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and support to address the challenges to rehab.

Treatment staff at drug and alcohol rehab centers for seniors and older adults are there to offer their unique expertise with older clients to resolve generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any specific mental or physical health issues or challenges this subset of client faces while in treatment. 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 counselors who are prepared to accommodate the needs of older clients by the way individual and group counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately apt to the abuse of prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of treatment many require medical assistance not just through safe detox but to establish which prescriptions should be eliminated or continued 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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