Senior rehabs are designed to specifically meet the treatment needs of older and elderly treatment clients. Substance abuse among older individuals along with the elderly is a major 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 persisted into their later years. As people age, the negative results associated with substance abuse become intensified because older adults have an increased sensitivity to alcohol and drugs. There's also the reality that many seniors take some sort of medical drug for a health condition, and when these drugs are misused or combined with alcohol and other recreational drugs, it's rather a dangerous and deadly concoction. So it is important to help provide a means for seniors and older adults to acquire help for any type of substance abuse issue before serious consequences result. Senior facilities offer seniors the opportunity to live out their golden years alcohol and drug free, to allow them to enjoy this important time in their life and not have to cope with the stresses caused by a life of substance abuse.