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| Locations of facilities with special programs for older substance abuse clients in the US | | Author(s) | Susan K Schultz, Stephan Arndt, Jill Liesveld |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 18, no 9, September 2003 |
| Pages | pp 839-843 |
| Keywords | Drug taking ; Alcoholism ; Therapy ; Projects ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The developing of strategies for managing late-life alcoholism is increasingly important. The authors compared substance abuse treatment facilities with and without services for older people, and explored the location of these services relative to the regional distribution of older people across the US. Surveys were posted to all known facilities in the US providing substance abuse treatment. Of the 13,749 responding facilities, relatively few programmes (17.7%) were specifically designed for older people (i.e. age 65+). Facilities with such programmes tended to be associated with hospitals, particularly those with a psychiatric inpatient service. Importantly, the number of facilities with special programmes for older people did not correlate with size of the older population in each state. Despite an increasing need for substance abuse services for older people, there are relatively few designed for this age group. The setting where patients with substance abuse are identified (e.g. in a hospital) may partially explain the pattern of location of age-specific programmes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031001222 A |
| Classmark | ETD: ETA: LO: 3E: 7T |
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