Our Invisible Addicts

Older adults are often overlooked or even illegally excluded from treatment and support. A recent report found that 75% of residential rehabilitation centres had arbitrary upper age limits and had limited or no disabled access, and follows a series of previous calls to end stigmatization of older adults with alcohol problems  and limited service access.

The RCP report therefore calls for increased multi-professional responses that include psychiatry, nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy, psychology, social work and the voluntary sector (including peer support).