Senior rehabs are designed to meet the needs of older and elderly rehab clients. Substance abuse among old individuals along with the elderly is a major problem, especially as "baby boomers" reach their senior years. The time period which these individuals come from experienced rampant recreational drug abuse, and for some this continued into their senior years. As men and women age, the negative results associated with alcohol and drug abuse become magnified because seniors have a heightened sensitivity to alcohol and drugs. Additionally there is the reality that many seniors take some type of prescription drug for a health condition, and when these drugs are abused or mixed with alcohol or another recreational drugs, it's really a harmful and lethal cocktail. So it is important to help provide an opportunity for seniors and older persons to obtain help for any sort of drug abuse issue before severe negative effects result. Senior facilities offer seniors the opportunity to live their golden years substance free, for them to enjoy this critical time in their lives and not have to cope with the stresses caused by a lifetime of substance abuse.