Senior rehabs are designed to specifically meet the treatment needs of older and elderly rehabilitation clients. Substance abuse among old individuals and the elderly is a major concern, particularly as "baby boomers" reach their 50s and 60s. The time period which these individuals come from experienced rampant recreational drug use, and for some this persisted to their senior years. As people age, the consequences linked to drug and alcohol 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 medical drug for a health condition, then when these medicines are misused or mixed with alcohol or another recreational drugs, it's rather a risky and lethal cocktail. So it is important to help provide a means for seniors and older persons to obtain help for any sort of substance abuse issue before significant consequences result. Senior centers offer older adults the opportunity to live out their mosy enjoyable years alcohol and drug free, to enable them to enjoy this important time in life without having to deal with the strains and stress caused by a life of drug abuse.