Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Wiley, GA.

Addiction rehabilitation centers which provide services to the specific and unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more beneficial for this client demographic. Senior and older adult centered recovery services can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when entering rehab and it provides support from others in the same stage of life who understand the specific difficulties they face. In mixed age facilities seniors and older adults can at times be less likely to participate completely in group activities with the younger age group who are not familiar with their age related and generational unique challenges. Substance abuse treatment facilities which offer a more age appropriate forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and support to address the challenges to treatment.

Rehabilitation staff at drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers for seniors and older adults are there to offer their unique expertise with older clients to work on generational, age-related and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any unique physical or mental impairments and challenges this group of client faces while in treatment. Program materials for seniors and older adults may be presented with audio or verbal impairments in mind, such as larger type in reading material or treatment counselors who are experienced with the 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 figure out which medical drugs should be continued or eliminated as part of their recovery plan and their transition to a healthy lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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