Senior rehabs are designed to meet the needs of older and elderly rehab clients. Drug use among older individuals along with the elderly is a significant problem, especially as "baby boomers" reach their senior years. The era which they come from experienced rampant recreational substance abuse, and for some this persisted into their senior years. As individuals age, the consequences linked to drug and alcohol abuse become magnified because seniors have a heightened sensitivity to drugs and alcohol. There's also the reality that many seniors take some form of prescription drug for a health condition, then when these prescriptions medication is misused or combined with alcohol or another recreational drugs, it can be a harmful and deadly cocktail. So it is important to help provide an opportunity for seniors and older persons to get help for any type of drug use issue before serious negative effects result. Senior centers offer seniors the opportunity to live their mosy enjoyable years drug and alcohol free, so they can enjoy this critical time in their lives while not having to deal with the stresses caused by a life of drug abuse.