Senior rehabs are mean to help specifically meet the treatment needs of older and elderly rehab clients. Drug abuse among older individuals as well as the elderly is a major concern, particularly as "baby boomers" go into their senior years. The time period which these individuals come from saw widespread recreational substance abuse, and for some this persisted to their senior years. As people age, the consequences connected with alcohol and drug abuse become magnified because older adults have an increased sensitivity to alcohol and drugs. Additionally there is the fact that many seniors take some kind of medical drug for a health condition, then when these medicines are abused or combined with alcohol or another recreational drugs, it can be a hazardous and deadly concoction. So it is important to help provide a means for seniors and older adults to get help for any type of drug abuse issue before serious consequences result. Senior programs offer older adults the ability to live out their mosy enjoyable years drug and alcohol free, so they can enjoy this important time in their lives while not having to deal with the stresses caused by a life of drug and alcohol use.