Senior rehabs are designed to meet the needs of older and elderly rehabilitation clients. Drug use among old individuals and the elderly is a major concern, especially as "baby boomers" go into their 50s and 60s. The time period which they come from experienced rampant recreational substance abuse, and for some this continued into their senior years. As individuals age, the effects related to drug and alcohol abuse become magnified because older adults have an increased sensitivity to drugs and alcohol. There is also the fact that many seniors take some kind of medical drug for an ailment, and when these prescriptions medication is misused or combined with alcohol or any other recreational drugs, it's rather a risky and deadly cocktail. So it is very important help provide a means for seniors and older adults to get help for any kind of drug use issue before severe consequences result. Senior programs offer older adults the opportunity to live out their golden years drug and alcohol free, to allow them to enjoy this critical time in their life without having to cope with the stresses caused by a life of drug abuse.