title: Drink problems rise.
abstract: Rapidly increasing numbers of older people are being hospitalised with alcohol-related problems. NHS figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats show that 320,000 people over 65 were admitted to hospital in England in 2006/07, up 100,000 over four years. Gordon Lishman, director general of Age Concern, said: 'Efforts to reduce drinking should be targeting older age groups as well as younger.'