Senior rehabs are designed to meet the needs of older and elderly rehab clients. Drug abuse among old individuals and the elderly is a significant problem, especially as "baby boomers" reach their 50s and 60s. The era which they come from saw widespread recreational substance abuse, and for some this carried on into their later years. As people age, the negative results associated with alcohol and drug abuse become intensified because older adults have a heightened sensitivity to these substances. There is also the truth that many seniors take some sort of medical drug for a health condition, then when these prescriptions medication is abused or mixed with alcohol or any other illegal drugs, it can be a harmful and deadly concoction. So it is important to help provide a means for seniors and older adults to get help for any sort of substance abuse issue before significant consequences result. Senior centers offer older adults the ability to live their mosy enjoyable years drug and alcohol free, to allow them to enjoy this critical time in their lives without having to cope with the stresses caused by a life of substance abuse.