Senior rehabs are mean to help specifically meet the treatment needs of older and elderly rehab clients. Drug use among older individuals and the elderly is a significant concern, especially as "baby boomers" reach their 50s and 60s. The era which they come from experienced rampant recreational substance abuse, and for some this continued to their senior years. As people age, the negative results linked to drug and alcohol abuse become magnified because older adults have a heightened sensitivity to alcohol and drugs. There's also the reality that many seniors are on some kind of medical drug for a health condition, then when these medicines are abused or combined with alcohol or another recreational drugs, it's really a risky and lethal concoction. So it is important to help provide a means for seniors and older persons to get help for any kind of drug use issue before severe consequences result. Senior programs offer seniors the opportunity to live their golden years drug and alcohol free, so they can enjoy this critical time in their lives and not have to cope with the stresses caused by a lifetime of substance abuse.