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Alcohol-related problems affect increasing numbers of older adults. Recent studies have begun to investigate problem drinking among older adults based on a conceptual model proposing correlations between personal characteristics, life context (i.e., environmental factors), treatment, and drinking-related outcomes. In a community sample of older problem and nonproblem drinkers, alcohol consumption, life stressors, social resources, and coping responses differed between the two groups, although these factors did not directly and uniformly affect late-life drinking behavior. Furthermore, drinking behavior did not always have the expected effects on older drinkers' life contexts. Findings from a sample of treated alcohol and other drug-abusing older patients demonstrated the importance of providing mental health aftercare for this group. |
