Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers - Marion, IN.

Drug and alcohol treatment programs which provide services to the unique needs of seniors and older adults can be more helpful for this particular group of people. Senior and older adult centered recovery can help with the initial stigma that seniors may feel they may experience when entering rehab and it provides the peer support from individuals in their stage of life who empathize and understand the specific challenges they encounter. In mixed age facilities seniors and older adults can sometimes be less willing to participate fully in group activities with the younger age group who don't understand their age related and generational unique issues. Drug and Alcohol rehabilitation facilities which offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can provide a connection of mutual respect, understanding, and support to handle the challenges to rehab.

Treatment staff at addiction treatment centers for seniors and older adults are there to deliver their unique expertise with these clients to work on age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also considering any specific 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 in reading material or treatment counselors who are experienced with the needs of older clients by the means of individual and group counseling sessions.

Seniors and older adults are disproportionately apt to the abuse of prescription drugs and alcohol, and as part of recovery many require medical assistance not just through detoxification but to determine which medical drugs should be continued or eliminated as part of the treatment process and their transition to a clean and sober lifestyle that will prolong their life.

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