Older Adults
In general, prevalence rates of gambling disorder across the lifespan: A) Increase with age. B) Remain stable. C) Decrease as age increases. D) Peak in late adulthood.
C. What is decrease as age increases?
What can trigger problem gambling?
What are life experiences?
$20, 000 is more than: A) The income threshold that puts older adults at risk for problem gambling. B) The cost of a new home in 1963. C) The amount a retailer gets for selling a winning lottery ticket.
What is the annual income of older adults who are at increased risk of problem gambling?
A person gambles because it distracts them from grief, loneliness, anxiety, or sadness. What need might gambling be trying to meet?
What is relief from difficult emotions or a need for connection?
This familiar activity can offer social connection and entertainment for some older adults, but risks rise when money, time, or control are lost.
What is gambling?
This gives easier access and can increase risk for some people.
What is a cell phone?
Chasing Losses
What is continuing to gamble in an attempt to win back money?
Prayer/meditation, get physical, connect with people, learn a new skill.
What are things we can do for relief from difficult emotions or to build connections?
Why can gambling losses be especially difficult to recover from later in life? A) People have more money to gamble. B) People gamble more frequently. C) People have less ability to recover financially.
C) What is people have less ability to recover financially?
When gambling is seen as a way to pay bills, reduce debt, or improve a fixed income, it is being used as what?
A way to cope with financial distress.
When gambling is seen as a way to pay bills, reduce debt, or improve a fixed income, it is being used as what?
What is a hoped-for financial solution?
Name one treatment or support option listed in the supplied PBWHA presentation.
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