Addictions Treatment for Older Adults: Evaluation of an Innovative Client-Centered Approach (Haworth Addictions Treatment) - Hardcover

Graham, Kathryn; Saunders, Sarah J; Flower, Margaret C; Timney, Carol B; White-Campbell, Marilyn; Zeidman, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1560248564 ISBN 13: 9781560248569

Publisher: Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

Here is a detailed description of an innovative approach for treating elderly persons who have alcohol or drug problems. During the past few years there has been growing recognition of the special needs of these individuals. Addictions Treatment for Older Adults describes the evaluation of the Community Older Persons Alcohol (COPA) Program. This book helps readers understand the nature of substance abuse among the elderly, as well as how to identify and intervene with older persons who have alcohol and drug problems, including persons who are reluctant to seek treatment.

Addictions Treatment for Older Adults explains the development of the COPA program and how it works. Many case studies and tables provide illuminating details for readers who work with this elderly population. Chapters examine

• characteristics of elderly persons with alcohol or drug problems
• the typology of COPA clients and their problem areas
• treatment interventions
•  variables associated with improvement
•  analysis of progress made by clients during and after treatment
• the factors that seem to predict recovery
  
  The in-depth descriptions in this book provide much needed information and guidance for professionals striving to meet the treatment and care needs of elderly substance abusers. Addictions Treatment for Older Adults should be read by researchers in the substance abuse field and by persons who work with the elderly, such as community nurses, social workers, and physicians. In this book they will find the best description to date of the nature of alcohol and drug problems among elderly who live in their communities.

About this title

About the Author:

About the authors RONALD L. GRAHAM is Adjunct Director for Research at AT&T Bell Laboratories, and University Professor of the Mathematical Sciences at Rutgers University. He is coauthor of Concrete Mathematics and of Old and New Problems in Combinatorial Number Theory, and serves on the editorial boards of more than 25 technical journals. He received his PhD in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley. BRUCE L. ROTHSCHILD is Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is Managing Editor of the Journal of Combinatorial Theory. He received his PhD in mathematics from Yale University. JOEL H. SPENCER is a professor of mathematics and computer science at the Courant Institute. He is the author of Ten Lectures on the Probabilistic Method and the editor of Random Structures and Algorithms. He received his PhD in mathematics from Harvard University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1560248564
• ISBN 13: 9781560248569
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 258