Some Aspects of Alcoholism in the Elderly

Droller, H.

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“…"Substance-abusing older adults" as a distinct definable subgroup was first described in the research literature in 1964 (Droller, 1964). Researchers in the 1960s and 1970s were convinced that alcohol abuse was rare among older adults, in general (Atkinson and Ganzini, 1994), and almost nonexistent in older women.…”

Section: Older Women and Alcohol: Critical Issues For Future Researchmentioning

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Treatment of Older Women With Alcohol Problems: Meeting the Challenge for a Special Population

Blow

2000

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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As a larger proportion of the U.S. population reaches late life, there are new challenges to providing quality health care services for this group. Record numbers of adults over 60 are seeking health care for acute and chronic conditions. Older women represent the largest single group of health care users in this country. Twelve percent of older women regularly drink in excess of recommended guidelines (no more than one drink per day or seven drinks per week) and can be considered at-risk drinkers. Problems related to alcohol use and misuse can seriously affect many of the health concerns common among older women, including chronic illnesses and depression. Older women have specific risks and vulnerabilities to alcohol use, which include a swifter progression to alcohol-related illness. However, women in later life who have alcohol problems are underscreened and underdiagnosed, have significant barriers in accessing health care, and respond differentially to standard specialized treatment protocols. To date, research on these topics has been limited. Furthermore, there is a paucity of research focused on treatment outcomes for elderly adults with alcohol problems, with almost no emphasis on women. This paper presents the state of knowledge about alcohol health services for older women and provides recommendations for necessary future health services research on this vulnerable population.

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Section: Older Women and Alcohol: Critical Issues For Future Researchmentioning

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Treatment of Older Women With Alcohol Problems: Meeting the Challenge for a Special Population

Blow

2000

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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“…In 1964 Droller (1) published an account of 7 elderly alcoholics, who constituted nearly 2 percent of referrals to his geriatric service. In another study, 2.2 percent of patients seen by an alcoholism service in the United Kingdom over the period 1967–76 were elderly (2).…”

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Alcohol Problems in the Elderly

Wattis

1981

J American Geriatrics Society

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Seven case reports of alcoholism in the elderly are presented. These patients formed a significant proportion of 108 patients seen in the first eight months of a new comprehensive psychiatric service for the elderly. None of them initially presented as alcohol abusers; three were first seen by geriatricians because of repeated falls, and four who came directly to psychiatrists were referred for atypical dementia, confusion or self-neglect. Three patients had started to abuse alcohol only late in life; the remainder were life-long heavy drinkers. In three instances, close relatives who abused alcohol themselves, were in collusion. The diagnosis of alcohol abuse in these elderly patients depended upon the recognition of such manifestations as repeated falls, confusion, and self-neglect. The prognosis was influenced by age at onset, social and family factors, and the presence or absence of brain damage. In two of the patients, a poor prognosis was linked to collusion by alcohol-abusing children.

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“…Occasionally this addiction starts for the first time late in life, and according to Droller (1964) it is often associated with 'increasing isolation, grief, and the other erosions of life inseparable from old age'. This investigator found that 1-7% of persons seeking admission to a geriatric hospital were alcoholics.…”

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Psychological aspects of geriatrics

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1968

Postgraduate Medical Journal

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Some Aspects of Alcoholism in the Elderly

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Treatment of Older Women With Alcohol Problems: Meeting the Challenge for a Special Population

Treatment of Older Women With Alcohol Problems: Meeting the Challenge for a Special Population

Alcohol Problems in the Elderly

Psychological aspects of geriatrics

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