Senior rehabs are designed to meet the needs of older and elderly rehab clients. Drug use among older individuals along with the elderly is a major concern, especially as "baby boomers" reach their 50s and 60s. The era which these individuals come from experienced rampant recreational substance abuse, and for some this carried on to their later years. As people age, the negative results associated with alcohol and drug abuse become intensified because older adults have a heightened sensitivity to drugs and alcohol. Additionally there is the truth that many seniors are on some type of prescription drug for an ailment, and when these medicines are misused or combined with alcohol or another recreational drugs, it can be a risky and deadly concoction. So it is important to help provide a means for seniors and older persons to obtain help for any sort of drug abuse issue before serious consequences result. Senior programs offer seniors the ability to live their golden years substance free, to allow them to enjoy this critical time in their lives while not having to deal with the strains and stress caused by a life of drug and alcohol use.