Senior rehabs are designed to meet the needs of older and elderly rehabilitation clients. Drug abuse among old individuals and the elderly is a significant problem, 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 continued to their later years. As men and women age, the effects connected with substance abuse become intensified because older adults have a heightened sensitivity to drugs and alcohol. There's also the fact that many seniors take some form of medical drug for a health condition, and when these medicines are abused or combined with alcohol or other recreational drugs, it's really a dangerous and deadly cocktail. So it is important to help provide an opportunity for seniors and older persons to get help for any type of drug use issue before significant negative effects result. Senior programs offer seniors the ability to live their golden years alcohol and drug free, for them to enjoy this critical time in their life without having to cope with the strains and stress caused by a life of substance abuse.