How can symptoms of alcoholism be misinterpreted a dementia or age related physical changes?

What will be an ideal response?


Alcohol related impairments may include symptoms similar to those see in depression or dementia. These include loss of memory, difficulty concentration, insomnia, mood swings and falls. Providers or family may Providers may confuse the symptoms of alcohol use with physical changes associated with aging and the problem may be overlooked as not serious. Providers may even justify the use of alcohol for older adults who are stressed b concerns or who live alone.

Social Work & Human Services

You might also like to view...

Why are plesiadapiforms not considered true primates?

A) They were not mammals. B) They lacked stereoscopic vision and grasping hands. C) They had highly mobile elbow joints. D) They appear too early in the fossil record to be related to primates.

Social Work & Human Services

In this program, the federal government makes monthly payments to people in financial need who are sixty-five years of age or older or to persons of any age who are legally blind or disabled:

A. Older Americans Act of 1965 B. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) C. Medicare D. Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance (OASDHI)

Social Work & Human Services

8. Identify how gaps in social programs such as Medicare and Medicaid put older adults at risk for health care.

What will be an ideal response?

Social Work & Human Services

Intrapsychic or mental representations contain the imprint of interpersonal living as it is experienced by the individual and include a representation of the

a) self. b) other. c) interaction of the self and other. d) All of the above

Social Work & Human Services