Addiction Treatment for Seniors
A Second Adolescence: When Seniors Use Drugs
When older people use drugs it’s often for the same reasons that teenagers do: to cope, out of curiosity, and from a lack of passions. Feelings of mortality, boredom and loneliness are common ...
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10 Barriers to Addiction Treatment for Seniors
Older adults find it difficult to access good, knowledgeable and age-appropriate treatment programs. Here are ten major reasons why seniors are under served in this area.
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Late Onset Alcoholism: Understand & Treat It
Late onset drinking: The causes and consequences, the differences between late onset and early onset drinking and the unique treatment needs of older alcoholics.
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Grandma's Addicted - What to Do?
Why do older people become addicts? What drugs are they likely to abuse? What to do if you suspect your beloved senior citizen relative is using drugs.
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Effective Older Adult Addiction Treatment
It's a given that older adults and seniors do better in treatment programs with peers of a similar age, but what else do you need to look for to find a great addiction treatment program that's going to work well for an older adult or a senior?
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Alcohol Rehab for Older Women
Seniors do very well in alcohol rehab, and since the risks of drinking increase as we age, older women who drink too much need help right now.
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Alcohol Abuse and Seniors
Estimates put the number of alcohol dependent seniors in the millions, and only a fraction of these are getting the help they need. For a number of reasons, alcohol abuse in the elderly often goes undiagnosed; and too often, elderly alcoholics are never presented with the treatment options that could greatly improve their health and quality of life. Old age is not a valid reason for self destructive drinking, and families do not offer kindness to older relatives when they attempt to spare them the pain and difficulty of addictions treatment. The elderly deserve the same access to treatment as the rest of the population, and since alcohol is especially debilitating to older bodies, the time for any needed treatment is now.
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