Alcohol and Senior Abuse Cases
The presence of alcohol problems is one of the most commonly listed risk indicators in abuse and neglect of older adults.
http://www.agingincanada.ca/Seniors%20Alcohol/1e6.htm
Alcohol Induced Dementia
Alcohol-induced dementia is the third or fourth most common type of intellectual loss in older persons. Alcoholic dementia is produced by long term heavy drinking that directly damages brain cells or causes health problems that produce brain damage
http://www.alzbrain.org/pdf/handouts/6001.ALCOHOL%20INDUCED%20DEMENTIA.pdf
Pill Popping Sleepers
Pill Popping Sleepers – Almost 3 times as many young adults got prescriptions for sleep aides in 2006 as did in 1998 according to a recent Thompson Reuters analysis. On top of that the duration of these scripts increased from 64 to 93 days. Finding help in a pill comes easier when many were weaned on Ritalin.
Chemical Dependence
http://healthlibrary.brighamandwomens.org/Search/85,P00761
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_dependence
Alcohol Use
http://healthlibrary.brighamandwomens.org/Library/Encyclopedia/85,P00761
http://healthlibrary.brighamandwomens.org/Library/Encyclopedia/85,P00656
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_abuse
Alcohol and Senior Abuse Cases
The presence of alcohol problems is one of the most commonly listed risk indicators in abuse and neglect of older adults.
