Website Search
Find information on spaces, staff, and services.
Catalog Search
Videos, Slides, Films
Substance abuse in the elderly
- Available as
- Online
- Summary
-
Faced with complex regimens of medication and diminished tolerances for alcohol, many elderly Americans run the risk of falling into the trap of substance abuse. In this program from The Doctor Is ...
Faced with complex regimens of medication and diminished tolerances for alcohol, many elderly Americans run the risk of falling into the trap of substance abuse. In this program from The Doctor Is In, senior citizens discuss how they deal with these challenges, while Dr. James Campbell, director of the geriatric center at MetroHealth Medical Center, and Carol Colleran Egan, director of older adult services for Hanley-Hazelden Center, present some innovative programs created especially for elderly people.
Details
- Creator
- Dartmouth/Hitchcock Medical Center
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
-
- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2005], c2000
- Physical Details
-
- 1 streaming video file (29 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781421339313
- OCLC
- ocn707970162
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on May 12, 2005.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Substance Abuse and the Elderly (2:53) -- Substance Abuse Case Study: May (4:29) -- Substance Abuse Case Study: John (5:42) -- Substance Abuse Case Study: Nancy (3:29) -- Prescription Addiction & Treatment (4:25) -- Overlooking Elderly Substance Abuse (3:16) -- Treatment for Elderly Drug Addicts (2:37)