Senior rehabs are designed to specifically meet the treatment needs of older and elderly rehabilitation clients. Drug use among older individuals along with the elderly is a significant problem, especially as "baby boomers" reach their senior years. The era which they come from saw widespread recreational substance abuse, and for some this continued to their senior years. As individuals age, the consequences connected with drug and alcohol abuse become intensified because seniors have a heightened sensitivity to drugs and alcohol. Additionally there is the truth that many seniors are on some sort of prescription drug for a health condition, then when these medicines are misused or combined with alcohol or another recreational drugs, it's really a dangerous and deadly concoction. So it is important to help provide a means for seniors and older persons to acquire help for any sort of drug use issue before severe consequences result. Senior programs offer older adults the ability to live out their golden years alcohol and drug free, to allow them to enjoy this important time in life while not having to cope with the stresses caused by a life of substance abuse.