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Older adults deserve recovery from alcoholism, addiction to prescription drugs.

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  • المصدر:
    Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly, 2/27/2006, Vol. 18 Issue 9, p5, 2p
  • معلومة اضافية
    • الموضوع:
      SERVICES for the aged; DRUG abuse; UNITED States Postal Service; ALCOHOLICS; DRUG overdose
    • الموضوع:
      Drug & Alcohol Abuse
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      The article stresses the idea that older adults deserve recovery from alcoholism, addiction to prescription drugs. The telling signs of alcoholism and drug abuse in them can be discerned in their loss of interest in hobbies or pleasurable activities, drinking in spite of warning labels on prescription drugs. Programs like "Gatekeeper" are of immense value as they involve training those who come in contact with high-risk older adults in everyday life to identify and refer problems. The U.S. Postal Service's "Carrier Alert" alerts the appropriate social service agency if there is a situation that warrants looking into. Substance abuse treatment for older adults has many benefits.