Senior rehabs are designed to specifically meet the treatment needs of older and elderly treatment clients. Drug abuse among old individuals as well as the elderly is a significant concern, especially as "baby boomers" go into their senior years. The time period which these individuals come from experienced widespread recreational drug abuse, and for some this continued to their senior years. As individuals age, the consequences associated with substance abuse become magnified because seniors have a heightened sensitivity to drugs and alcohol. There is also the reality that many seniors take some kind of prescription drug for an ailment, then when these medicines are abused or mixed with alcohol or other recreational drugs, it's rather a harmful and deadly cocktail. So it is very important help provide a means for seniors and older persons to get help for any sort of drug use issue before significant consequences result. Senior centers offer seniors the opportunity to live their golden years alcohol and drug free, to allow them to enjoy this critical time in their lives and not have to cope with the stresses caused by a lifetime of drug and alcohol use.