title: Raising nurses' awareness of alcohol use in older people.
abstract: Alcohol misuse is becoming an increasing problem among older people. This article explains why this is the case and outlines how nurses can recognise such misuse.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Studies, Bell College, Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Kirsty
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McColm
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001364:Awareness; D004496:Education, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*