Senior rehabs are designed to specifically meet the treatment needs of older and elderly treatment clients. Drug use among old individuals and the elderly is a significant concern, particularly as "baby boomers" reach their 50s and 60s. The time period which these individuals come from experienced rampant recreational substance abuse, and for some this carried on into their later years. As people age, the negative results related to alcohol and drug abuse become magnified because older adults have a heightened sensitivity to drugs and alcohol. Additionally there is the reality that many seniors are on some sort of medical drug for a health condition, and when these drugs are abused or mixed with alcohol or another illegal drugs, it's really a harmful and deadly cocktail. So it is important to help provide an opportunity for seniors and older persons to obtain help for any type of drug use issue before severe consequences result. Senior programs offer seniors the ability to live their golden years alcohol and drug free, for them to enjoy this important time in life while not having to deal with the stresses caused by a life of drug and alcohol use.