Senior rehabs are designed to meet the needs of older and elderly rehabilitation clients. Drug use among old individuals and the elderly is a significant concern, especially as "baby boomers" go into their senior years. The time period which they come from experienced rampant recreational substance abuse, and for some this continued into their senior years. As men and women age, the consequences connected with alcohol and drug abuse become magnified because older adults have an increased sensitivity to these substances. Additionally there is the truth that many seniors are on some type of prescription drug for a health condition, and when these medicines are misused or combined with alcohol or any other recreational drugs, it's rather a dangerous and deadly concoction. So it is very important help provide an opportunity for seniors and older persons to get help for any type of drug use issue before severe negative effects result. Senior centers offer older adults the ability to live their golden years substance free, to allow them to enjoy this critical time in their life and not have to deal with the strains and stress caused by a life of substance abuse.