Background: Alcohol misuse, especially binge drinking in young people, and alcoholic liver
disease are major public health concerns. However, alcohol misuse in older people is …

In a prospective study of 539 consecutive elderly medical admissions (mean age 77.3 years;
275 men), 42 patients (7.8%; 36 men) were identified as alcohol abusers, 41 by an alcohol …

Although elderly people are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of alcohol, alcohol
use disorders in late life have received relatively little attention in the literature. Our …

Alcoholism is one of the most under-recognized and poorly understood public health
problems in elderly persons. Data comparing the frequency of alcohol dependence (DSM-III …

More information is needed about the spectrum of alcohol use among older individuals, and
correlates of problem drinking. This study described the alcohol use risk levels of a large …

Problems of alcohol abuse among the elderly (persons aged 65 years and older) are
receiving increased attention. Data suggest that untreated alcohol abuse among older …

The usual alcohol intake in a community‐based sample of subjects aged 70 years and over
was investigated. A sample of 825 subjects was drawn from the records of five general …

OBJECTIVES: Older adults can incur problems at low levels of alcohol consumption
because of age‐related physiological changes, declining health and functional status, and …

WHY IS IT AN AREA OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE? That there are major issues to be
addressed derives from the growing numbers of the elderly and the predicted increase in …

Objective: This aim of this study was to characterize trends in alcohol-related hospital
admissions among middle-aged and older adults from 1993 to 2010 in relation to age …