Alcoholism among Older Adults

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December 25, 2011

 

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It is important to take into consideration that the effects of alcohol abuse are drastically increased in the elderly, due to the physiological and psychological changes that occur with aging (American Medical Association, 1995). An older adult is defined as a person 60 and older, although there is no specific age cut off at which all age related changes occur...
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The issue is rather subjective because all humans are different, thus a 70-year-old can have "the spine of an 80-year-old, a heart typical of a 60-year-old, and a central nervous system equal in functioning to an average 60-year-old" (Altpeter, Schmall, Rakowski, Swift, Campbell, 1994). Nevertheless changes do occur, leaving elderly more vulnerable to harmful results of drinking ensuing from smaller dosages of the drug...
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