title: Alcohol and the elderly: a review.
abstract: Because the older population will increase in the next several decades, the number of elderly alcoholics will grow. The author presents a review of research on alcoholism among the aged and concludes that social workers should focus their future research on identification and diagnosis of elderly alcoholics and effective methods of treatment.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012106:Research; D014481:United States