Seniors or Older Adults - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities - Calhoun, MO.

Substance abuse rehab programs which serve the unique needs of seniors and older adults may be more helpful for this client demographic. Senior and older adult focused treatment can help with the initial stigma that these clients feel when going to treatment and it provides support from others in the same stage of life who understand the unique difficulties they encounter. In age neutral programs seniors and older adults can at times be less willing to participate completely in group sessions with younger clients who don't understand their generational and age related specific challenges. Substance abuse rehab programs which offer a more age relating forum for seniors and older adults can deliver a platform of mutual respect, understanding, and support to work through the difficulties in recovery.

Rehabilitation staff at addiction rehab programs for seniors and older adults are prepared to deliver their unique expertise with these clients to resolve age-related, generational, and broader substance abuse related issues alike, while also taking into account any specific physical or mental health issues or challenges this group of client faces while in rehab. 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 therapists who are experienced with such needs of older clients by the way individual and group counseling sessions.

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

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