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Development of Australia's first older adult-specific early intervention for alcohol-related harm
— feasibility and proof of concept | | Author(s) | Stephen J Bright, Cylie M Williams |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 36, no 1, March 2017 |
| Publisher | Wiley, March 2017 |
| Pages | pp 52-55 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Alcoholism ; Therapeutics ; Behaviour modification ; Evaluation ; Australia. |
| Annotation | The rate of older Australians at risk of experiencing alcohol-related harm increased by 31% over 10 years, yet there are no Australian age-specific early interventions. This study looks at the development of Australia's first age-specific early intervention protocol. Through examining effective overseas older adult-specific interventions, in addition to other relevant literature, an early intervention protocol was developed. The Older Wiser Lifestyles (OWL) early intervention protocol extends protocols that have been developed overseas through providing: (i) interventions that are tailored to the person's readiness to change, including the provision of harm reduction strategies for people who are precontemplative; and (ii) individualised psychoeducational materials regarding medical conditions and medications. The OWL protocol has been successfully implemented in a service, and preliminary data warrant a clinical trial of the intervention. Australian health care providers should consider the OWL protocol as a simple method to reduce the risk from alcohol consumption among older adults. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170421224 A |
| Classmark | BG: ETA: LL: LODM: 4C: 7YA |
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