| Title | Description | Reference | Topic | Type |
| Accommodation Strategy for Older People in Liverpool | Strategy to promote a positive image of ageing and to ensure that older people in Liverpool are able to live as independently as possible within a safe environment of their choice" by addressing, among others, the specialist needs of older people with: dementia; learning disability, alcohol/drug dependency; or challenging behaviour (Peter Fletcher Associates). |
Accommodation Strategy for Older People in Liverpool. Peter Fletcher Associates. Liverpool final report.
| Social and community support | Strategy |
| Alcohol Use and the Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease | Revision of the biological evidence suggesting that alcohol use may be associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Although the authors showed a relation between high levels of alcohol consumption and brain damage they also concluded that epidemiologic studies have not confirmed that drinking increases the risk of AD. (Tyas, S; 2001) |
Alcohol Use and the Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease. Tyas, S. 2001. Alcohol Research & Health, 25(4).
| Social reinsertion/harm reduction | Review |
| Health Evidence Bulletin – Wales. Chapter 2: Healthy living | Educational messages (safe limits advice) on alcohol are more effective if tailored to specific sub groups (children, adolescents, young adults, elderly) and specific situations ( work, pregnancy and drink-driving). |
Health Evidence Bulletins – Wales. Healthy living, chapter 2.
| Raising awareness | Book chapter |
| Healthy aging: keystone for a sustainable Europe | Main aspects of life expectancy in Europe and how they relate to healthy life years, and what this could mean for EU Member States. Other projects of the European commission related with the misuse of alcohol in the elderly and its consequences. |
| Raising awareness | Paper |
| Introduction to substance abuse awareness for seniors: A guide for developing substance abuse awareness program for older adults | Guide raising awareness of the scope and nature of this alarming epidemic, and offering a basic guide to prevention, assessment, intervention, treatment and aftercare. (ATTC, 2007) |
Introduction to substance abuse awareness for seniors: A guide for developing substance abuse awareness program for older adults. Regional ATTC Products & Resources. 2007. Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network. Webpage, available in http://www.attcnetwork.org/regcenters/productdetails.asp?prodID=440&rcID=2 (accessed July 2010)
| Raising awareness | Guideline |
| A Guide to Planning Alcoholism Treatment Programs | Overview of alcoholism treatment; foundations for success in planning; needs assessment; program design considerations; and administrative and management issues. (McGough, D; 1986) |
A Guide to Planning Alcoholism Treatment Programs. McGough, D. 1986. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, USA.
| Needs assessment | Guideline |
| A new paradigm for alcohol use in older persons | Clinical indications of harmful, hazardous, and nonhazardous drinking in persons 65 years of age and older. Authors concluded that alcohol use may be hazardous or harmful for older persons, particularly in conjunction with physical or emotional illnesses, medication use, functional limitations, smoking, and driving after drinking. When asking about alcohol use in older persons, clinicians need to be aware of these factors to assist in identifying and managing potential or actual alcohol-related problems. (Moore, AA; 1999) |
A new paradigm for alcohol use in older persons. Moore AA, et al. 1999. 50th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological-Society-of-America Medical Care, 37(2), 165-179
| Social reinsertion/harm reduction | Conference report |
| A Review of the problems associated with screening instruments used for alcohol use disorders in the elderl | Problems associated with screening instruments used for alcohol use disorders in the elderly”. According to the authors “the alcohol use disorders in the elderly are under-diagnosed. There is a lack of research dedicated to the development of a valid screening tool for the alcohol use disorders specifically in the geriatric population. An increased amount of research needs to be devoted to this area”. (Dole, E; 1999). |
A Review of the problems associated with screening instruments used for alcohol use disorders in the elderly. Dole, E and Gupchup, G. 1999. Consult Pharm: 14: 286-93.
| Prevention/Early intervention | Clinical note |
| Acoholism on e-Medicine web site | Among older patients with alcoholism, from one third to one half develop alcoholism after age 60 years. This group is harder to recognize. A recent population-based study found that problem drinking (>3 drinks/d) was observed in 9% of older men and in 2% of older women. Alcohol levels are higher in elderly patients for a given amount of alcohol consumed than in younger patients. (Thompson, W; 2010) (eMedicine web site) |
Alcoholism. Thompson, W et al. E-medicine.
| Raising awareness | Web page |
| AGE Platform | Wide range of policy areas that affect older and retired people. Among others, health, anti-discrimination, employment of older workers and active ageing, social protection, pension reforms, social inclusion, research, accessibility of public transport and of the build environment, and ICT. The Platform takes also active part in several EU projects. The majority of these projects are funded by the 7th Framework Programme. AGE Platform Europe is a European network of around 150 organisations of and for people aged 50+ representing directly over 28 million older people in Europe |
Age platform Europe
| Raising awareness | Web page |
| Aging and alcohol use disorders: diagnostic issues in the elderly | Review of: (a) problem drinking in the elderly as a public health problem of moderate proportions, especially in men; (b) the signs that predict the increasing problem drinking in coming generations of elderly women and men; (c) cases of geriatric alcoholism; (d) geriatric cases not properly identified; and (e) the present screening and diagnostic methods for alcohol use disorders lack adequate validation for older persons. |
Aging and alcohol use disorders: diagnostic issues in the elderly. Atkinson, RM. 1990. Int Psychogeriatr, 2(1), 55-72.
| Needs assessment | Review |
| Aging and Generational Patterns of Alcohol Consumption among Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans and Mainland Puerto Ricans | Description of life-course patterns of alcohol consumption among Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans, and Puerto Ricans residing in mainland United States. Age differences found in patterns of consumption among Mexican American and Puerto Rican males reflect aging effects. Cohort effects found for Cuban males (Black, SA; 1994). |
Aging and Generational Patterns of Alcohol Consumption among Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans and Mainland Puerto Ricans. Black, SA.; Markides, KS. 1994. International Journal of Aging & Human Development 39(2) 97-103.
| Needs assessment | Study |
| Alcohol & the Elderly | Report on the positive effects of certain patterns of alcohol consumption.“Moderate drinking is thought to improve overall cognitive function in older adults” and, “among older women, regular moderate drinking may aid in delaying the onset of osteoporosis”. In addition, evidence shows that, “for some individuals, moderate drinking may be a protective factor against coronary heart disease, the relationship is particularly strong for older men, as well as for postmenopausal women (International center for alcohol policies, accessed 2010). |
Alcohol & the Elderly. Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS), 2009.
| Social reinsertion/harm reduction | Report |
| Alcohol & The Elderly | Fact-sheet designed to show the size of the problem, the changing pattern of consumption, the types of elderly drinkers, the consequences of drinking at these ages, the management and diagnosis of alcohol-related problems among older people, among others (IAS). |
Alcohol & the Elderly. Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS), 2009.
| Raising awareness | Fact-sheet |
| Alcohol abuse and the elderly: Comparison of early & late-life onset | Comparison of the drinking histories and current drinking patterns of two types of elderly 16 males and 10 females. Results indicated that individuals in the early onset group were younger, more likely to have had previous alcohol treatment, more likely to have changed residence, drank more, were intoxicated more often, and experienced more emotional problems than those in the late onset group (Schonfeld, L; 1987). |
Alcohol abuse and the elderly: Comparison of early & late-life onset. Schonfeld, L. 1987. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (95th, New York, NY)
| Elder care | Report |
