Senior rehabs are designed to specifically meet the treatment needs of older and elderly rehabilitation clients. Drug use among old individuals as well as the elderly is a significant concern, especially as "baby boomers" go into their 50s and 60s. The time period which these individuals come from experienced rampant recreational drug use, and for some this persisted into their later years. As individuals age, the consequences linked to alcohol and drug 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 kind of medical drug for a health condition, and when these drugs are misused or combined with alcohol and other recreational drugs, it can be a hazardous 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 use issue before significant negative effects result. Senior facilities offer older adults the chance to live their golden years drug and alcohol free, to enable them to enjoy this critical time in life without having to deal with the stresses caused by a life of drug abuse.