Senior rehabs are designed to specifically meet the treatment needs of older and elderly treatment clients. Drug use among older individuals as well as the elderly is a major problem, especially as "baby boomers" reach their 50s and 60s. The time period which they come from saw rampant recreational substance abuse, and for some this continued to their senior years. As men and women age, the consequences related to drug and alcohol abuse become intensified because older adults have an increased sensitivity to alcohol and drugs. Additionally there is the truth that many seniors are on some sort of prescription drug for a health condition, and when these prescriptions medication is misused or combined with alcohol or other illegal drugs, it can be an unsafe and lethal 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 significant consequences result. Senior programs offer older adults the opportunity to live out their mosy enjoyable years substance free, so they can enjoy this critical time in their lives and not have to deal with the stresses caused by a life of substance abuse.