Improving
Chronic Disease Outcomes for Older Adults:
The Link to Substance Use
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A publication developed for the presentation,
“Improving Chronic Disease Outcomes for Older Adults:
The Link to Substance Use and Mental Health.”
Alcohol and drug misuse and abuse may take an even greater
social and psychological toll on older adults than on younger
persons. In addition to psychosocial and life management issues
that are unique to older adults, aging also ushers in biomedical
changes that influence the effects that alcohol and drugs
have on the body, leading to the special vulnerability of
older adults to the medical sequelae of alcohol and drug misuse
and abuse.
For more on this subject, review the associated presentation,
“Improving Chronic Disease Outcomes for Older Adults:
The Link to Substance Use.”
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