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| Gambling and older people in Australia | | Author(s) | John McCormack, Alun C Jackson, Shane A Thomas |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 22.3, September 2003 |
| Pages | pp 120-126 |
| Keywords | Gambling ; Social surveys ; Australia. |
| Annotation | As older age can be characterised by a low fixed income, older age groups can be more vulnerable to the adverse consequences of gambling. The authors draw on a recent Australian national gambling survey to review older people's gambling in the general community. They also use data from the Victorian Gamblers' Help counselling services to review the gambling and treatment needs of older problem gamblers. They found that older people tend to gamble at a slightly lower rate than younger groups in the general community. Older problem gamblers similarly appear to have less serious problems than younger groups, although there is a small group with quite serious problems. There are more older female gamblers in counselling than males, but older men present more serious problems. Treatment responses appear to be effective for this age group. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031121205 A |
| Classmark | ET5: 3F: 7YA |
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