Senior rehabs are designed to meet the needs of older and elderly rehabilitation clients. Drug use among older individuals and the elderly is a significant problem, especially as "baby boomers" reach their 50s and 60s. The era which these individuals come from experienced rampant recreational substance abuse, and for some this continued to their later years. As people age, the consequences related to alcohol and drug abuse become intensified because seniors have an increased sensitivity to these substances. Additionally there is the reality that many seniors take some form of medical drug for a health condition, then when these medicines are abused or combined with alcohol or any other recreational drugs, it can be a risky and lethal cocktail. So it is very important help provide an opportunity for seniors and older adults to get help for any kind of drug abuse issue before serious consequences result. Senior facilities offer older adults the ability to live out their mosy enjoyable years substance abuse free, to allow them to enjoy this important time in life without having to cope with the stresses caused by a life of drug abuse.