Older Adult Treatment Admissions: Almost Half for Alcohol
According to a recent SAMHSA report, almost half of the
admissions to substance abuse treatment among people
age 50 and up were specifically for alcohol abuse (48
percent of 164,000 admissions in 2003).
The report, Older
Adult Alcohol Admissions: 2003, also notes that
older adults in this age group admitted to substance
abuse treatment solely for alcohol abuse were more likely
to be first-time treatment participants than were persons
admitted for other reasons.
The full report, from continued analysis of the 2003
Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), is available from
SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies at www.oas.samhsa.gov.
More information about aging, alcohol, and drugs can
be found on the SAMHSA Web site at http://asyouage.samhsa.gov.
For a free copy of the brochure, As You Age . . .
A Guide to Aging, Medicines, and Alcohol, call 1
(800) 662-HELP (4357).
SAMHSA's home page at www.samhsa.gov
(click on "Older Adults") presents the Agency's
Action Plan for Older Adults for Fiscal Years 2006
and 2007.
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