Senior rehabs are mean to help meet the needs of older and elderly treatment clients. Drug abuse among older individuals as well as the elderly is a major problem, particularly as "baby boomers" reach their 50s and 60s. The time period which these individuals come from experienced rampant recreational drug use, and for some this continued to their senior years. As men and women age, the negative results linked to substance abuse become magnified because seniors have an increased sensitivity to alcohol and drugs. Additionally there is the truth that many seniors take some form of prescription drug for a health condition, and when these medicines are misused or mixed with alcohol or another recreational drugs, it could be a risky and lethal concoction. So it is important to help provide an opportunity for seniors and older adults to get help for any type of drug use issue before serious consequences result. Senior programs offer seniors the ability to live their golden years drug and alcohol free, to enable them to enjoy this important time in their lives without having to cope with the strains and stress caused by a life of drug and alcohol use.