Senior rehabs are mean to help specifically meet the treatment needs of older and elderly rehabilitation clients. Drug use among old individuals as well as the elderly is a major problem, particularly as "baby boomers" reach their senior years. The time period which they come from experienced widespread recreational drug abuse, and for some this persisted to their later years. As people age, the effects associated with substance abuse become magnified because older adults have an increased sensitivity to drugs and alcohol. There is also the fact that many seniors are on some form of prescription drug for an ailment, and when these prescriptions medication is misused or mixed with alcohol or any other illegal drugs, it's rather a dangerous and deadly concoction. So it is very important help provide a means for seniors and older adults to get help for any type of drug use issue before serious negative effects result. Senior facilities offer older adults the opportunity to live out their golden years substance free, to enable them to enjoy this important time in their lives and not have to deal with the stresses caused by a life of drug and alcohol use.