Senior rehabs are designed to specifically meet the treatment needs of older and elderly treatment clients. Drug abuse among old individuals and the elderly is a major problem, especially as "baby boomers" reach their 50s and 60s. The era which these individuals come from experienced rampant recreational drug use, and for some this persisted to their later years. As men and women age, the negative results associated with substance abuse become magnified because seniors have an increased sensitivity to alcohol and drugs. There's also the fact that many seniors take some sort of medical drug for a health condition, and when these medicines are misused or mixed with alcohol or another recreational drugs, it can be a dangerous and lethal concoction. So it is important to help provide an opportunity for seniors and older adults to acquire help for any sort of substance abuse issue before serious negative effects result. Senior facilities offer older adults the ability to live out their golden years alcohol and drug free, so they can enjoy this critical time in life and not have to deal with the stresses caused by a life of substance abuse.