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Older people and alcohol: a summary and recommendations arising from research in Ayrshire and Arran
- Authors:
- CLOUGH Roger, et al
- Publisher:
- Third Sector First
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Rossendale
This study looked at the impact of alcohol on the health and wellbeing of older people living in South West Scotland. Based on a review of the recent research literature, focus groups and individual interviews with service providers, older people and their carers, the researchers found that alcohol use can be both a cause and compensation for many of the difficulties associated with ageing. Even at low levels alcohol use in old age is more harmful than is generally understood; the study was commissioned to provide some clear, essentially practical, statements about how diagnosis, treatment, information and care services can be improved. The study is described in a full research report and accompanying literature review.
Older people and alcohol: background paper; a review of the literature
- Authors:
- CLOUGH Roger, HART Ruth
- Publisher:
- Third Sector First
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 37p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Rossendale
The original aim was to identify and highlight ‘key issues’ before examining any discrepancies between the picture portrayed in the literature and local people’s perceptions of the nature and scale of any problems and of appropriate services. Even at an early stage in the project the authors were finding small contradictions between what previous research suggested and what we were being told locally. This review aimed to identify key texts exploring different aspects of alcohol consumption, in particular those relating to Scotland and / or older people, and to draw out and reflect on key themes. In one respect the purpose of the review was to alert the research team, and others with an interest in the study, to important topics and questions. Some of the demographic statistics have been taken from documents provided by the commissioning bodies and others have been taken from the 2001 census.