Educational Consequences of Alcoholism among the Elderly in Special Social Circumstances
Educational Consequences of Alcoholism among the Elderly in Special Social Circumstances
Author(s): Alina Maria Breaz, Henrietta TorkosSubject(s): Methodology and research technology, Health and medicine and law, Gerontology, Welfare services
Published by: POLIROM & Universitatea Bucureşti - Dept. de Sociologie şi Asistenţă Socială
Keywords: social gerontology;elderly;alcoholism;
Summary/Abstract: Consistent with the views of researchers in the field of social gerontology, tendencies of alcoholism among the elderly represents a form of evasion of reality due to the inability of those elderly who cannot adapt to changes induced during old age and who cannot confront, by other means, the difficulties and negative events that occur inevitably in this stage of life.
Journal: Revista de Asistenţă Socială
- Issue Year: XX/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 101-110
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
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