Senior rehabs are designed to specifically meet the treatment needs of older and elderly rehab clients. Drug abuse among old individuals and the elderly is a major problem, particularly 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 persisted into their later years. As people age, the consequences connected with substance abuse become intensified because older adults have an increased sensitivity to drugs and alcohol. Additionally there is the truth that many seniors take some form of medical drug for an ailment, then when these drugs are misused or mixed with alcohol or another recreational drugs, it can be a hazardous and lethal cocktail. So it is important to help provide a means for seniors and older persons to get help for any kind of substance abuse issue before significant negative effects result. Senior centers offer older adults the opportunity to live out their mosy enjoyable years drug and alcohol free, to allow them to enjoy this critical time in their lives and not have to cope with the stresses caused by a life of substance abuse.