Article: Older adults and illegal drugs.(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)(Report)

Article: Survey: Illegal Drug Use Up in U.S.
AP Online;  September 5, 2002 ;     468 words ... ... in 2000. Drug use among adults ages 18 to 25 increased to 18.8 percent, from 15.9 percent in 2000. Drug use among older adults remained about the same, at 4.5 percent. For the first time, the annual survey of almost 69,000 people also asked ...

Article: Predictors of short-term course of drinking in untreated rural ...
Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... problem drinking levels. In general, we do know that drinking decreases with increasing age and is generally lower for older adults, women, single individuals, those who are employed and those who live in areas of higher aggregate education (Hajema ...

Article: Older Adults' Use of Postacute and Cardiac ...
Rehabilitation Nursing;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... to describe the differences between older adults who use these services and those who ... and 4 and 6 months later. Of the 60 older adults in the sample, 73% used PAC after discharge. Older adults discharged home without PAC services ...

Article: Among older adults, prescription and ...
NewsRx Health;  January 11, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... survey suggests that nearly half of older adults in the U.S. use prescription and ... together, and that about 4 percent of older adults are potentially at risk of an adverse ... medications and dietary supplements. Older adults are the largest per capita consumers ...

Article: Rural older adults' access barriers to in-home and ...
Social Work Research;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Survey and included 283 dyads of rural older adults and their caregivers. The HCBS to which ... and community-based services; rural older adults ********** Rural in-home ... specific services is limited. When older adults attempt to gain access to different ...

Article: Older adults and HIV.
AORN Journal;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... affects all demographic groups, including older adults. People 50 years of age and older compose ... increasing 138% since 1993.(1) More older adults with HIV and AIDS, combined with the ... forgotten population" when referring to older adults diagnosed with this infection.(2 ...

Article: Technophobia Amongst Older Adults in Ireland
Irish Journal of Management;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION Older Adults and Computer Usage The number of older adults is growing worldwide. The United Nations (2002 ... as evidenced by a recent survey which states that older adults are the fastest growing online population in the ...