Senior rehabs are designed to meet the needs of older and elderly treatment clients. Drug abuse among old individuals and the elderly is a major problem, especially as "baby boomers" reach their 50s and 60s. The era which they come from experienced rampant recreational drug use, and for some this persisted to their senior years. As people age, the negative results linked to alcohol and drug abuse become magnified because older adults have a heightened sensitivity to alcohol and drugs. Additionally there is the fact that many seniors take some kind of prescription drug for a health condition, then when these medicines are abused or mixed with alcohol or another illegal drugs, it can be a dangerous and deadly cocktail. So it is important to help provide a means for seniors and older adults to acquire help for any sort of substance abuse issue before severe negative effects result. Senior programs offer seniors the opportunity to live their mosy enjoyable years substance abuse free, to allow them to enjoy this important time in their lives and not have to cope with the stresses caused by a life of drug abuse.