Drugs
Treatment
Statistics Says
100
This is the most significant substance of abuse in the elderly community.
Alcohol
100
This is a reason some doctors don't identify substance abuse in seniors or don't consider it a serious issue.
Ageism - they are going to die anyway
100
Between 1996-2010 this medication increased in prescribing to seniors 9-fold
Opiates
200
This location has nearly 50% of it's elderly resident's with an alcohol abuse problem.
Nursing homes
200
This treatment model works well for the elderly likely due to it's ability to engage them with others.
Group treatment / 12-steps
200
Over 17 million of these are prescribed to seniors each year
Tranquilizers (benzos)
300
This group of the elderly (over 75) have the highest rate of alcoholism in the U.S.
Widowers
300
Many seniors throughout the U.S. are engaged in these forms of evidence based substance abuse treatment.
Outpatient and inpatient treatment.
300
True or False: Hospitalization rates for the misuse of opiates in the elderly has tripled in the past 20 years.
False - it has quintupled
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