Senior rehabs are designed to meet the needs of older and elderly treatment clients. Drug abuse among old individuals along with the elderly is a significant problem, especially as "baby boomers" go into their 50s and 60s. The time period which they come from experienced rampant recreational drug use, and for some this carried on into their later years. As men and women age, the consequences associated with substance abuse become magnified because older adults have a heightened sensitivity to these substances. There is also the reality that many seniors take some type of medical drug for a health condition, and when these drugs are misused or mixed with alcohol or another recreational drugs, it's really an unsafe and deadly cocktail. So it is important to help provide a means for seniors and older persons to obtain help for any type of drug use issue before serious consequences result. Senior programs offer seniors the chance to live out their golden years drug and alcohol free, so they can enjoy this important time in their lives while not having to cope with the strains and stress caused by a lifetime of drug abuse.