L’alcool en établissement pour personnes âgées

Menecier-Ossia, Laure; Kholler, Maureen; Moscato, Alba; Menecier, Pascal

doi:10.1016/j.sger.2013.12.012

Cited by 3 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 4 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…A recent French study pointed to the importance of having a coherent approach to alcohol consumption in NHs (Menecier-Ossia et al, 2014). A review covering research from 1995 to 1999 reported that few NHs have in-house alcohol policies and that the prevalence of persons with a lifetime history of elevated alcohol consumption in NHs may be extensive, which must be of special concern (Johnson, 2000b).…”

Section: Abstract Alcohol Elderly Nursing Home Psychotropic Drugsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nursing home residents are very old, have multiple diseases and take on average six to seven drugs on a daily basis (Fog et al, 2019;Jorgensen et al, 2018). Thus, they may be more vulnerable to the effects of alcohol, both with occasional, regular, or elevated consumption compared to healthy older people in general (Menecier-Ossia et al, 2014). Older people are in general more susceptible to the side-effects of alcohol than younger adults, due to age-related changes in metabolism and body composition (Moore et al, 2007).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Health professionals’ experience of nursing home residents’ consumption of alcohol and use of psychotropic drugs

Johannessen

Tevik

Engedal

et al. 2020

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: Nursing home (NH) residents are in most cases in older ages and use prescription drugs. As alcohol interacts with many commonly prescribed drugs, NH residents may be more vulnerable to the effects of alcohol. Aim: To investigate the experiences of health professionals in Norwegian NHs when it comes to residents' alcohol consumption and use of psychotropic drugs, and the facilitation of such use in the NH. Method: Focus-groups and individual interviews with NH health professionals were performed in 2017 and 2018. The data were analysed using content analysis. Findings: Two main themes emerged: (1) the balancing of alcohol consumption, and (2) the use of psychotropic drugs. Each of these themes involved reasoning, which revealed that the informants in general had little attention regarding alcohol consumption among residents, and few institutions had policies regarding serving and consumption of alcohol. The informants reported an increased attention regarding use of psychotropic drugs and a tendency towards less use of psychotropic drugs among the residents than before, but few informants reported use of standardised observations tools of symptoms related to prescribing and discontinuation of drugs. Conclusion: Alcohol policies or procedures related to alcohol consumption were uncommon at the NH that the interviewees of this study represented, and the professionals regarded infrequent serving and consumption of alcohol among the residents as a part of everyday life. In cases when residents frequently consumed alcohol, the professionals used dialogue to underpin the adherent risks and they also tried to control the consumption of the resident in different ways. The interviewees were aware of various side-effects of psychotropic drugs; they were also aware of their effects in combination with alcohol.

show abstract

Section: Abstract Alcohol Elderly Nursing Home Psychotropic Drugsmentioning

confidence: 99%

mentioning

confidence: 99%