Senior rehabs are designed to meet the needs of older and elderly rehabilitation clients. Drug abuse among old individuals and also the elderly is a significant problem, particularly as "baby boomers" go into their senior years. The time period which they come from experienced rampant recreational substance abuse, and for some this carried on to their senior years. As people age, the negative results associated with drug and alcohol abuse become intensified because seniors have a heightened sensitivity to these substances. There is also the reality that many seniors take some kind of medical drug for a health condition, then when these drugs are misused or combined with alcohol or any other recreational drugs, it can be an unsafe and deadly concoction. So it is very important help provide a means for seniors and older persons to acquire help for any type of drug use issue before severe consequences result. Senior programs offer seniors the opportunity to live their golden years drug and alcohol free, to enable them to enjoy this critical time in their life and not have to deal with the stresses caused by a life of substance abuse.