At Any Age, It Does Matter:
Substance Abuse and Older Adults (for Professionals)

Supplements

Supplements Table of Contents

Module 2

  1. Spectrum of Alcohol Use
  2. Patterns of Alcohol Use
  3. Case Study on Barriers to Identifying Alcohol and Drug Problems
  4. Exercise on Diagnostic Criteria

Module 4

  1. ICD-10 Diagnostic Criteria for Clinical Use
  2. Signs and Symptoms Related to Stages of Drinking
  3. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
  4. Communicating Screening Results
  5. Information To Gather During an Assessment
  6. Index of Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
  7. Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Scale
  8. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)
  9. Case Study
  10. Alcohol Withdrawal
  11. Suggested Protocol for Benzodiazepine Withdrawal

Module 5

  1. Drug Information
  2. Medications To Avoid in Older People, If Possible, When Certain Diagnoses Are Present
  3. Anxiolytics
  4. Sedative-Hypnotics
  5. Opiate/Opioid Analgesics
  6. Effects of Aging on Response to Drug Effect

Module 6

  1. Brief Advice
  2. Brief Interventions
  3. Pretreatment Intervention
  4. Promising Prevention Programs for Older Adults

Module 7

  1. Guidelines for Intervention, Education, and Treatment of Older Adults
  2. Outpatient Services
  3. Residential Rehabilitation
  4. Inpatient Rehabilitation
  5. Inpatient/Outpatient Detoxification Treatment
  6. Age-Specific Treatment
  7. A Culture of Respect
  8. Holistic Treatment Based on Age-Specific Problems
  9. Program Flexibility
  10. Gender Issues
  11. Treatment Objectives and Appropriate Approaches
  12. Formal Specialized Treatment
  13. Case Studies on Treatment

Module 8

  1. Medical Costs of Alcohol-Related Diseases
  2. Data Limitations

Module 9

  1. Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records (42 CFR 2.11)
  2. Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records (42 CFR 2.12b)