title: Beechem Risk Inventory for late-onset alcoholism.
abstract: This group study features an at-risk inventory administered to ninety-six respondents. The principle purposes of this study were: 1) to design a "user-friendly" assessment tool to identify elderly persons who may be at risk for drinking problems and/or late-life alcoholism; and 2) to identify unresolved loss-grief issues that will need to be addressed in the treatment phase. For each of the loss items, the respondent indicates whether the loss occurred at "(A) Age Fifty-Four and Younger" or "(B) Age Fifty-Five and Older." The respondent also subjectively indicates the extent to which he/she feels the intensity of the loss at the moment (i.e., in the "here and now"). An additional feature of the inventory illustrates a simplified procedure to compute the respondent's unresolved loss-grief level through use of a 5-point Likert scale.
authors.affiliation: Center on Aging University of West Florida, Pensacola 32514-5751, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beechem
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors