Senior rehabs are mean to help meet the needs of older and elderly rehabilitation clients. Drug abuse among older individuals as well as the elderly is a major problem, especially as "baby boomers" go into their senior years. The time period which they come from saw widespread recreational drug use, and for some this carried on into their senior years. As men and women age, the negative results associated with alcohol and drug abuse become intensified because older adults have a heightened sensitivity to alcohol and drugs. There's also the fact that many seniors take some type of medical drug for a health condition, and when these drugs are abused or combined with alcohol or another recreational drugs, it's really a risky and deadly concoction. So it is very important help provide a means for seniors and older adults to obtain help for any kind of drug use issue before serious consequences result. Senior centers offer older adults the ability to live their mosy enjoyable years alcohol and drug free, to allow them to enjoy this critical time in their life while not having to cope with the strains and stress caused by a life of substance abuse.