Locating Alcohol Treatment Programs

Use the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator to find an alcohol treatment program in your area.
http://dasis3.samhsa.gov/PrxInput.aspx?STATE=Michigan

Indentifying Elderly Alcoholics

Less than half of alcoholics over 65 are diagnosed, a Penn State study has shown, because often the telltale signs of alcohol dependence are masked by patient denial and seeming good health.
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Alcohol and the Elderly.

Although alcohol and substance abuse is statistically at epidemic proportions among the elderly, it remains for the most part unreported, undiagnosed, or ignored.
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Older Adults More Likely to Abuse Alcohol, Not Drugs.

Four out of five people of retirement age who seek substance abuse treatment do so because of alcohol problems, instead of abuse of drugs, indicating again that alcohol abuse by older adults is a growing and many times ignored problem.
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