Objective: To evaluate the validity and reliability of two self-report instruments: the Alcohol-
Related Problems Survey (ARPS) and its shorter version the Short ARPS (shARPS) that …

Older drinkers may incur alcohol-related risks at low consumption levels, but commonly
used screening measures do not address alcohol's effects among persons with declining …

Primary care physicians can anticipate encountering more elderly patients with alcohol
problems since this population is increasing and the prevalence of alcohol problems has …

Abstract We compared the Alcohol-Related Problems Survey (ARPS), a new screening
measure targeted at harmful and hazardous drinking among older individuals, to a criterion …

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

OBJECTIVES: To determine (1) the extent of agreement between the CAGE (acronym for cut
down, annoyed by criticism, guilty about drinking, eye‐opener drinks) and the Short …

Demographic trends reveal the elderly to be the fastest growing segment of the population.
Physicians can therefore anticipate encountering increasing numbers of older patients with …

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 …

In problems prevalence of spite information of wide and of alcohol-related dissemination
disorders on the high in of information on the high prevalence of alcohol-related problems …

Alcoholism in the elderly is often underidentified because of the differences in the
presentation and symptom patterns compared to younger individuals. One way to address …