Senior rehabs are designed to specifically meet the treatment needs of older and elderly rehabilitation clients. Drug use among older individuals as well as the elderly is a significant problem, particularly as "baby boomers" reach their senior years. The time period which these individuals come from experienced rampant recreational drug use, and for some this continued to their senior years. As individuals age, the negative results associated with substance abuse become magnified because seniors have an increased sensitivity to these substances. Additionally there is the fact that many seniors take some sort of medical drug for an ailment, then when these medicines are misused or combined with alcohol and other recreational drugs, it could be an unsafe and deadly cocktail. So it is very important help provide a means for seniors and older adults to get help for any type of drug abuse issue before serious consequences result. Senior centers offer older adults the opportunity to live out their golden years substance abuse free, so they can enjoy this critical time in their lives and not have to cope with the stresses caused by a lifetime of substance abuse.