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| Perceptions of elders' substance abuse and resilience | | Author(s) | Michael N Kane, Diane Green |
| Journal title | Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 30, no 2, 2009 |
| Pages | pp 164-183 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Alcoholism ; Drug taking ; Medical care ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Students ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Human service students of social work, criminal justice, public administration and psychology (n = 242) were surveyed regarding their perceptions about older persons' resilience and recovery from substance abuse. Overall, respondents did not agree that treating older persons for a substance abuse problem was wasteful of resources, or that older people do not benefit from treatment. However, respondents did not agree that older persons who consumed more than two alcoholic beverages per day had an alcohol-related problem, that drinking more than two alcoholic beverages per day had health consequences for an older person, or that alcohol was used by older people to self-medicate for depression and loneliness. Using a simple regression analysis, a final model for perceptions about older persons' recovery and resilience included the predictor variables of perceptions about older persons and street substances, perceptions about treatment and older persons, perceptions about abuse, health, and older persons, and age. Results indicated that the predictor variables accounted for more than 30% of the variance in perceptions about an older person's recovery and resilience. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-101118205 A |
| Classmark | ETA: ETD: LK: TOB: XN: 3F: 7T |
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