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Aging & addiction [electronic resource] : helping older adults overcome alcohol or medication dependence / Carol Colleran & Debra Jay ; with a foreword by Barry McCaffrey.

By: Colleran, Carol.
Contributor(s): Jay, Debra, 1954-.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Hazelden guidebook: Publisher: Center City, Minn. : Hazelden, c2002General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-192) and index.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 211 p.).ISBN: 0585408009 (electronic bk.); 9780585408002 (electronic bk.); 9781592859108 (electronic bk.); 1592859100 (electronic bk.).Other title: Aging and addiction.Subject(s): Older people -- Alcohol use | Older people -- Drug use | Alcoholism -- Treatment | Drug abuse -- TreatmentGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 618.97/686 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
Family responses to addicted older adults -- Addiction isn't one of life's last pleasures -- A few things you should know -- Wrong thinking blocks right action -- Alcoholism accelerates aging -- The older adult's addiction affects the health of the spouse (and anyone else closely involved) -- When helping becomes enabling -- Ignoring the problem can preserve the problem -- Alcohol, prescription drugs, and addiction -- Chemical dependency is a disease -- Evidence that alcoholism is genetic -- Alcoholism begins at any age -- Identifying alcoholism and prescription drug abuse -- Ways older adults misuse medications -- Addiction to prescription drugs -- Alcohol and the older woman -- How to help an addicted older adult -- A self-preserving disease -- Different worldviews -- Start with a talk -- A conversation with an addicted older adult -- Involving the family physician -- Take advantage of a crisis -- Join hand s -- Forget what you think you know -- Actual intervention letters -- learn about family intervention -- Plan, plan, plan -- A dramatization of an intervention -- Another ending -- Understanding treatment for older adults -- What exactly is treatment -- Special treatment needs of older adults -- A tour of an older adult treatment program -- Groups designed for older adults -- Issues in early recovery -- Make decisions before treatment ends -- Grief and loss -- Living life sober -- Resources -- Older adult treatment centers -- Twelve step organizations -- Internet twelve step meetings -- Recovery resources -- Resources on aging -- Books and publications -- Videos -- Self-quizzes.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-192) and index.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

section 1. Family responses to addicted older adults -- Addiction isn't one of life's last pleasures -- A few things you should know -- Wrong thinking blocks right action -- Alcoholism accelerates aging -- The older adult's addiction affects the health of the spouse (and anyone else closely involved) -- When helping becomes enabling -- Ignoring the problem can preserve the problem -- section 2. Alcohol, prescription drugs, and addiction -- Chemical dependency is a disease -- Evidence that alcoholism is genetic -- Alcoholism begins at any age -- Identifying alcoholism and prescription drug abuse -- Ways older adults misuse medications -- Addiction to prescription drugs -- Alcohol and the older woman -- section 3. How to help an addicted older adult -- A self-preserving disease -- Different worldviews -- Start with a talk -- A conversation with an addicted older adult -- Involving the family physician -- Take advantage of a crisis -- Join hand s -- Forget what you think you know -- Actual intervention letters -- learn about family intervention -- Plan, plan, plan -- A dramatization of an intervention -- Another ending -- section 4. Understanding treatment for older adults -- What exactly is treatment -- Special treatment needs of older adults -- A tour of an older adult treatment program -- Groups designed for older adults -- section 5. Issues in early recovery -- Make decisions before treatment ends -- Grief and loss -- Living life sober -- section 6. Resources -- Older adult treatment centers -- Twelve step organizations -- Internet twelve step meetings -- Recovery resources -- Resources on aging -- Books and publications -- Videos -- Self-quizzes.

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