Senior rehabs are designed to specifically meet the treatment needs of older and elderly rehabilitation clients. Substance abuse among older individuals as well as the elderly is a significant concern, particularly as "baby boomers" reach their 50s and 60s. The time period which these individuals come from experienced rampant recreational drug use, and for some this continued into their senior years. As men and women age, the effects related to alcohol and drug abuse become intensified because older adults have a heightened sensitivity to drugs and alcohol. Additionally there is the truth that many seniors are on some type of prescription drug for an ailment, then when these prescriptions medication is misused or combined with alcohol or other recreational drugs, it can be a hazardous and lethal concoction. So it is very important help provide a means for seniors and older adults to get help for any type of substance abuse issue before serious consequences result. Senior programs offer seniors the ability to live their mosy enjoyable years substance free, to allow them to enjoy this critical time in life and not have to cope with the strains and stress caused by a life of drug abuse.