Alcohol Problems Among Residents in Old Age Homes in the City of Mannheim, Germany

Abstract

The results corroborate the findings from other studies wherein residents of old age homes constitute a group at risk of alcohol abuse and dependence. Alcohol problems were more the cause for, rather than the consequence of, home admission.

Screening for Hazardous Drinking in Nursing Home Residents: Evaluating the Validity of the Current Cutoffs of the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test-Consumption Questions by Using Ethyl Glucuronide in Hair

“…Contrary to comparable high alcohol consumption, alcohol diagnosis with 4% of residents was lower than in previous international and national studies (Brennan and Greenbaum, ; Joseph et al., ; Weyerer et al., , ). However, in the current study, only one‐third of the residents with an indication of an alcohol diagnosis by nursing staff actually had an alcohol consumption more than 60 g of alcohol/d and therefore represented only a quarter of the actual chronic‐excessive consumers.…”

At‐risk alcohol drinking in primary care patients aged 75 years and older

“…The study excluded older people in residential and nursing homes, patients who were unable to attend a primary care physician or who suffered from dementia. Since at least in Germany (see Weyerer et al, 1999) alcohol use disorders occur more frequently among those in residential and nursing care, prevalence rates in our study are underestimated.…”

La consommation d’alcool en établissement d’hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes est excessive

“…Article original [22,23,25,26]. Comme dans d'autres travaux [14,22], nous avons observé que la plupart des consommateurs excessifs disaient n'avoir pas modifié leurs habitudes de consommations après l'âge de 65 ans ; la plupart d'entre eux en faisaient remonter le début avant l'âge de 30 ans.…”