… About two thirds of elderly alcoholic patients started drinking at a young age. Some … of
elderly alcoholics (Table 5) and should have access to support and education about alcoholism. …

… Alcoholism may lead to a great many physical and mental problems in individuals of any
age. Elderly alcoholics often have additional problems resulting from the interaction of age …

… elderly alcoholics and demonstration of the efficacy :f service provider training about
alcoholism… The very status of being elderly effectively shields the elderly alcoholic from many of …

… of elderly persons with active alcoholism yet to be reported. Almost every published sample
of elderly alcoholics, … of the hepatotoxicity associated with chronic alcoholism and the various …

… For example, elderly individuals with alcoholism … alcoholism in the elderly patient, we
hypothesized that physicians would have a lower diagnosis rate for elderly patients with alcoholism …

Improved medical care and public health standards have resulted in increasing longevity in
most of the industrialized nations of Europe and North America. Alcoholism in its various …

… When comparing elderly alcoholics with the control group of non-alcoholics we have found
that significantly more elderly alcoholics had increased biological markers of alcoholism, but …

… Alcoholics without OBS were in comparatively good health physically and showed few other
psychiatric manifestations. Alcoholics … , but the alcoholics with OBS died at an earlier age. …

The clinician who is faced with the task of diagnosing alcoholism in the elderly should be
aware of the limitations of the diagnostic criteria for this population and should regard these …

… elderly alcoholics have fewer acute alcohol-related medical problems. Several factors make
diagnosis of alcoholism more difficult in the elderly … more subtle in the elderly: the problems …