Senior rehabs are designed to meet the needs of older and elderly treatment clients. Drug use among old individuals as well as the elderly is a significant problem, especially as "baby boomers" go into their senior years. The time period which these individuals come from saw widespread recreational drug use, and for some this carried on to their senior years. As individuals age, the negative results related to substance abuse become intensified because older adults have a heightened sensitivity to these substances. There is also the truth that many seniors are on some sort of prescription drug for a health condition, and when these drugs are misused or mixed with alcohol or other recreational drugs, it could be a dangerous and lethal concoction. So it is very important help provide an opportunity for seniors and older persons to get help for any sort of drug use issue before serious consequences result. Senior programs offer seniors the opportunity to live out their golden years alcohol and drug free, to enable them to enjoy this critical time in their life and not have to cope with the strains and stress caused by a life of drug abuse.