Senior rehabs are designed to meet the needs of older and elderly treatment clients. Drug abuse among old individuals as well as the elderly is a significant concern, especially as "baby boomers" go into their senior years. The era which these individuals come from experienced rampant recreational substance abuse, and for some this persisted to their later years. As individuals age, the effects related to substance abuse become intensified because seniors have a heightened sensitivity to alcohol and drugs. There is also the reality that many seniors are on some form of medical drug for an ailment, and when these medicines are abused or combined with alcohol or other recreational drugs, it could be an unsafe and lethal cocktail. So it is important to help provide a means for seniors and older persons to get help for any type of drug abuse issue before significant consequences result. Senior programs offer older adults the chance to live out their golden years drug and alcohol free, to enable them to enjoy this important time in their lives while not having to cope with the stresses caused by a life of drug abuse.