Uplands Lifelong Learning Institute is pleased to share:
Addiction Concerns Among Older Adults
Emily White
Cumberland Prevention Coalition
6:00 pm, October 18
Adshead Hall
Snacks will be provided.
The Cumberland Prevention Coalition of Cumberland County provides Prevention Services. Their goal is to reduce substance abuse in our community.
Addiction among seniors is a significant problem.According to the website of the University of Pennsylvania Health System,
- There are 2.5 million older adults with an alcohol or drug problem
- Six to eleven percent of elderly hospital admissions are a result of alcohol or drug problems — 14percent of elderly emergency room admissions, and 20 percent of elderly psychiatric hospital admissions.
- Widowers over the age of 75 have the highest rate of alcoholism in the U.S.
- Older adults are hospitalized as often for alcoholic related problems as for heart attacks.
Emily White of the Coalition will provide information about the issue generally, and about issues and resources in Cumberland County.
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