Elderly drinking is on the rise
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Figures show that elderly drinking is on the rise and health officials are becoming increasingly concerned about this worrying trend.
In the last five years alone there’s been a 62% increase in alcohol related hospital admissions for pensioners and it’s now estimated that 1.4 million elderly people are drinking much more alcohol than they safely should.
Sarah Wadd who is the director of the Substance Misuse and Ageing Research team at the University of Bedford said: ‘We might be on the cusp...
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