Senior rehabs are designed to specifically meet the treatment needs of older and elderly rehabilitation clients. Drug use among older individuals as well as the elderly is a significant problem, especially as "baby boomers" go into their senior years. The era which these individuals come from experienced rampant recreational substance abuse, and for some this carried on into their senior years. As people age, the negative results linked to alcohol and drug abuse become magnified because seniors have a heightened sensitivity to alcohol and drugs. There is also the truth that many seniors are on some sort of prescription drug for a health condition, then when these medicines are misused or mixed with alcohol or any other recreational drugs, it's really a hazardous and deadly cocktail. So it is very important help provide an opportunity for seniors and older persons to obtain help for any type of substance abuse issue before serious negative effects result. Senior programs offer older adults the opportunity to live their golden years substance abuse 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 substance abuse.