Presentations from Gerontological Society of America
Conferences 1999- 2007
Related to Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Medication
Misuse
San Francisco 2007
Symposium (Nov 18): Screening and Brief Interventions for Problems
with Alcohol, Drugs, or Medications: Research Across
Settings. Session Chair & Discussant
The Florida
BRITE Project: BRief Intervention and Treatment for Elders -
Screening and
Brief Tailored Alcohol Interventions in the Emergency Department -
Kristen Lawton-Barry
Substance Abuse Screening and Brief Intervention Used by Aging Services - Patrick C. Cullinane
Evidenced Based Psychosocial
Interventions in Late Life Alcohol Abuse. Nov. 19, Presenter: Sherry
Cummings (part of a symposium: Evidenced-Based Psychosocial Health Interventions
with Older Adults).
The Prevalence and Correlates of
Concurrent Alcohol and Medication Use Among Older
Adults: Findings From the Cardiovascular Health Study. Nov. 19. Presenter:
Mary Lindsey Smith.
Mental Health/Substance Abuse and
Cognitive Change relationships with Behavioral and Medical Health Presenters: Faika Zanjani, Sherry L Willis, K. Warner Schaie. Nov. 19.
Dallas 2006
Aging,
Alcohol, and Addictions – Interest Group Meeting Conveners: Lawrence Schonfeld,
Ph.D., University of South Florida and
1) The
Florida BRITE Project: Brief Intervention and Treatment for Elders with
Substance Abuse Problems or Depression (L. Schonfeld; K.Lawton Barry; D.
Duchene; R. Etheridge; J. Herrera; B. King-Kallimanis; and N. Lynn)
2) Alcohol and Ageing: A
Speculative Report by the Scottish Working Group on Healthy Ageing (M.
Gilhooly)
3) Alcohol Use in Elder
Self-Neglect and Hazardous Drinking in a VA Ambulatory Geriatric Clinic
(J. Culberson;
4) Brief Intervention Approaches
– K.
Orlando 2005
Poster: “The Florida BRITE Project: Screening and
Brief Intervention for Older Adults with Substance Abuse, Depression or Suicide
Risk,” L. Schonfeld,
D. Duchene, R. Etheridge, LW Dupree, S Ferrante, K Doughty, J Herrera, and N
Lynn
Sessions
Related to Aging. Alcohol and Addictions
Saturday, November 20
- Managing At-Risk
Alcohol Use in Older Primary Care Patients: Results of a Randomized Trial of
Integrated Care vs. Enhanced Specialty Referral Care
Oslin, Grantham,
Krahn, Bartels, Ware,
Zubritsky, Miles, Olsen, Durai, Kirchner,
& Blow
- Trajectories of Alcohol
Use among Older Persons In
- Tobacco
Consumption and its Behavioral Correlates Among French and American Elderly
Populations Pin, King, Gautier, Guilbert & Bendel
- Effects of Alcoholism
on Neurogenesis in the Aged Brain Herrera
- Association Between
Reported Alcohol Intake and Changes in Cognition: The Women's Health Initiative
Memory Study (WHIMS)
Coker, Espeland, Gu, Masaki, Rapp, Langer, Stefanick, Ockene, and
Shumaker
- Knowledge and Practice
Behavior of Substance Abuse Counselors Toward Depression and Alcohol Abuse in
Later Life - Kim and Gellis
- Are Commonly Ordered
Lab Tests Useful Screens for Alcohol Disorders in Older Male Veterans Receiving
Primary Care? Reid, Van Ness, & Guo
- Associations Between
Current Alcohol Consumption and Cognitive Function Among Older Male Veterans
Receiving Primary Care Reid, Van Ness, Towle, & Guo
Sunday, November 21
- Linking Gender and
Marital Quality with Alcohol Use in Midlife Couples-Pienta,
Franks, & Wray
- They Know When to Fold
Up: Gambling among Older Adults - Norris, Tindale,
Purcell, & Miller
- Is Chronic
Benzodiazepine Consumption a Risk Factor for Adverse Outcomes in Elderly
Medical Inpatients? Bula,
Martin, Wietlisbach, Lechleitner,
Camus, Buclin, and Yersin
- The Feasibility of
Tobacco Cessation Interventions for Hispanic Elderly Tepper
and Ovalles
- Drugs, Beers and Falls
- Risky Medication Use in Older Women - McCarthy, Wyman, Monigold,
Nachreiner, and Hanlon
Monday, November 22
- Implications for Older
Adult Addiction Prevention and Treatment - Colleran
and Shafer
- Life Course Trajectories
of Tobacco Consumption and Health in a Randomic
Sample of Older Brazilians Novaes,
- Aging, Alcohol and
Addictions Informal Interest Group -
Anne Gurnack convener - Group members provided updates on research activities. Presentations by Fred Blow, Kristen
Tuesday, November 23
- Symposium:
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Brief Treatment
of Alcohol and Medication Problems in Older Adults: The
San Diego GSA 2003
Sessions Related to Aging. Alcohol and Addictions
Saturday, November 22
Interest Group
Meeting: Aging, Alcohol and Drugs
Informal Interest Group: Our
presenters were:
Symposium:
Alcohol Interventions in the Aging Network: Research Findings and
Effective Applications
Presenters:
-Alcohol Prevention Interventions in Community-Based
Aging Network Sites: Study Background and Design - Patrick Cullinane
-Alcohol Interventions in the Aging Network:
Research Findings on the Effectiveness of Brief Intervention for At-Risk Older
Drinkers. - Kristen Lawton Barry
-Alcohol Prevention in Community Settings:
Culturally Appropriate Research Techniques - Chaya
Gordon
-Discussant:
Frederic Blow
Paper & Poster Presentations:
-Pain and Alcohol Consumption in Older Persons: Is
There a Relationship? -
Presenters: Reid, Van Ness, Barry, and Guo.
-Alcohol Consumption, Incident Dementia, and Reduced
Mortality Risk in Older Adults: -
Presenters: Sabatini, Rozzini,
Barbisoni, Ferri,
Travaglini, Cassinadri,
Trabucchi
-The Aging of “Baby Boomer” Women and the Potential for
Increased Alcohol Use. -
Presenter: Braunschweig
-Husbands Caring for Wives: An Ethnography of
Medication Management . Presenters:
Langlois, Parrish
-Effect of Behavioral Intervention to Improve
Adherence to Medication.
Presenters: Insel,
Cole
-A Systematic Evidence Review on the Efficacy of
Memory Aides on Medication Adherence in Older Adults with Dementia. Presenter:
Stansberry
-Medication Management in Cognitively Impaired Older
Adults: A Comparison of Self Ratings & Performance Based Evaluations. Presenters:
Cotrell, Wild, Bader
-Determining Effects of Alcohol Abuse Among Older
Homeless Women. - Presenter:
-Medication Discrepancies
During Transition from Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facilities. Presenters:
Dick, Foust, Brungo
Sunday, November 23
- Older Women and Alcohol/Substance Abuse:
Developing Resources for Support. -
Presenters: Warren, Fox
- A Longitudinal Study of Alcohol & Cognitive
Performance in a Cohort of Japanese American Older Adults. - Presenters: Bond, Burr, McCurry, Rice, Borenstein, Larson
- Behavioral Health Service Utilization Among
Victims of Elder Mistreatment: An
Examination of Medicare and Medicaid Claims.
Presenters: L Schonfeld, R
Larson, P. Stiles
Monday, November 24
- Transformation of an Elder-Specific Substance
Abuse Program for US Veterans.
Presenters: Catherine Royer, Joel
Rosansky, Elvira Jimenez, Lissy Jarvik .
Tuesday, November 25
- Assessment: Alcohol and Elder Abuse:
- Validity of Short Versions of the CAGE to Screen
for Alcohol Problems in Elderly Primary Care Patients - Presenters: D, Mansell, Kiefe, Allman, Zhu
- A Novel Intervention to Assist Primary Care
Physicians in Preventing Alcohol-Related Problems in Older Adults. -
Presenters: Fink , Tsai, Elliott, Tanouye,
Beck
-The Prevention of Alcohol Abuse and Medication
Misuse Among Older Adults in Senior Housing.
- Presenters: Miles, Bartels
Successful Aging Factors Influencing the Use of
Alcohol Among Older Adults (OAs) - Presenters:
Lenzi, Kopera-Frye, Harris, Starbuck .
Presentations
by Interest Group Members, or on Related Topics
Interest Group Meeting (Saturday November
23):
Our
Guest speaker was Dr. Sue Levkoff, Dept. of Health & Social Behavior, Director,
National Technical Assistance Center Brigham and Women's Hospital in the
Presentations On Alcohol
Use & Misuse:
Sunday, November 24
A Comparison of Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, and Mental Illness Among
Perpetrators of Elder Abuse -
Berman & Salamone
Alcohol,
Aging & Osteoporosis -
Perry
Depression,
Gender, and Alcohol Misuse in Community-Dwelling Seniors -
Monday, November 25 - Is Alcohol Use and Misuse in Older Women on
the Rise? - Braunschweig
Tuesday, November 26
Screening for
Alcohol Disorders in Elderly Men and Women -Mansell, Kiefe, Allman, Centor, Graham & Person
The Implications of Changing Social Norms on
Patterns of Alcohol Use in Later Life in
Sociodemographic
Correlates of Alcohol Dependence and Treatment in the Elderly -Shea & Elmendorf
People Admitted to a Gero-Psychiatric
Unit With the Diagnosis of Alcohol Abuse: How do They Fair in the Hospital and
Beyond? - Henricks, Ketchem,
Hemani, Herbstreit, Gierl, Ripeckyj
An Assessment of Alcohol Treatment Needs Among
Older Adults in Primary Care Settings
- Mangione, Duffy,&
Presentations on Medication Use
& Misuse
Saturday, November 23
A
Nurse Managed Clinic to Improve Medication Compliance in Older Veterans - Kresevic, Pallaki, Hornick, Drysdale
Reliability
and Validity of the MedMaIDE to Assess Medication
Management Deficiencies in Older Community-Dwelling Adults - Brandt, Gruber-Baldini,
Orwig
Medication
Adherence and Clinical Outcomes Among Older Compared to Younger HIV-1 Seropositive Individuals - Shiramizu,
Shikuma, and Valcour
Sunday, November 24
Medication
Assessments: Clues and Cues to Patient Beliefs
- Young, Rodriguez, Rossi, Maher Jr.,
& Sherman
Identifying
Risk Factors for Medication Non-adherence - Fried, Rubin, Xue, Carlson, & Oldenquist
Automated
Medication Dispensing in Long Term Care-Initial Findings/Policy Implications - Sadowsky, Baker, Boord, Lindeman, & Bludau
Antipsychotic
Medications for Older Patients: Legal Considerations - Kapp,
Racial
Differences in Elders' Complementary and Alternative Medication Use - Lindblad, Hanlon,
Fillenbaum, Dysken, Artz
Frail
Elderly Veterans Medication Use and Perceptions of Health, Informal Support and
Caregiver Burden
Abbott,
Kresevic, Papp, Cappaert, D'Eramo, Fortunato, Cohen, &
Rose
Safety
and Efficacy of Tetrahydrocannibinol in the Treatment
of Agitation in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease: A Pilot Study in Patients
who Were Refractory to Traditional Medications - Shua-Haim,
Smith, Amin, Sofield
Monday, November 25
Cognitive
Enhancement Medication Utilization Among Persons With Alzheimer's Disease or a
Related Dementia who Have a Family Caregiver: Results From the Resources for
Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH) Project Zhang, Czaja, Burns Schulz Belle
VA
GRECC Symposium: Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events: Experience in the
Application of Strategies for the Detection and PreventIon
of Harm in Older Adults - Bair
Evaluating
the Impact of Education on the Use of Bone Active Medications in Black Elderly
Women - Orwig, Zimmerman, Amith, Brandt
Medication
Underprescribing – An Emerging Problem in Assisted
Living? - Sloane, Gruber-Baldini, Watson, Boustani, Magaziner, Hebel,
Zimmerman & Roth
An
Academic and Managed Care Collaboration for Best Practices in Medication Use
and Delirium in Older Adults - Fick
The
Influence of Social Support, Health Status, and Depression on Medication
Adherence Strategy use Among the Elderly - Branin,
Performance
on Working Memory Tasks Predicts Medication Adherence - Insel & Cole
Medicaid
Medication Management Program -
Cody, Hudson, Rapp, & Kuo
A
Comparison of Self-Reported Medication use to Actual Prescription Records
- Zanjani, Schaie, Willis, Caskie
Tuesday, November 26
A
Collaborative Relationship to Improve Quality of Care Through Appropriate,
Effective & Safe Medication use in Nursing Homes - Cameron, Lapane
Increasing
Patient Medication Knowledge in Older African Americans - Wilson, Racine, Tekiele, & Wilsom
Presentations On Drug Issues:
Saturday, November 23
Adverse Drug Reactions as
Cause of In-Hospital Death Among the Elderly , Gambassi, Pedone, Bernabei, Onder
The Effect of Geriatric
Evaluation and Management Units (GEMU) and Clinics (GEMC) on Drug-Related
Problems , Hanlon
Where Does Drug Use Stand
Among Successful Aging Strategies Utilized by Underprivledged
Active and Sedentary Elderly Women , Voyer, Laberge, Dallaire, Rail
Background, Design, and Study
Procedures for the GEM Drug Study , Schmader ,
Drug Use Data for the GEM
Drug Study Artz
Biostatistical Considerations for the GEM
Drug Study , Pieper ,
Results From the GEM Drug
Study - Hanlon
Prevalence of Drug Treatment
of Dyslipidemia in Elderly Persons With
Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease or Diabetes Mellitus - Aronow, Ghosh
The Relationship Between
Mental Health and Psychotropic Drug Use Among the Elderly Living in the
Community , Lauzon, Collin Voyer
Experiences of Older Drug
Users in Addiction Treatment Programs: THE Need for Age-Appropriate Services - Shibusawa
Sunday, November 24
Psychotropic Drug Use in
Rural Nursing Home Residents With Dementia: Special Care Units vs. Integrated
Facilities Stewart, D'Arcy, Morgan
A Comparison of Drug Abuse,
Alcohol Abuse, and Mental Illness Among Perpetrators of Elder Abuse -Berman
& Salamone
Principles of Drug
Prescribing for Geriatric Psychosis - Bolla
Incidence and Preventability
of Adverse Drug Events Among Elderly Patients in the Ambulatory Setting , Gurwitz, Field, Harrold, Rothschild, Debellis,
Seger, Cadoret, Fish,
Garber, Cernieux, & Bates
“Mild Cognitive Impairment”:
A Neurobehavioral Syndrome Appropriate for Assessment of Anti-Amyloid Drugs , Gandy
Monday, Nov. 25
Surveillance Data of Adverse
Drug Events Before and After Hospitalization: A Prospective Look at a
Clinically Critical Transition Period - Nebeker,
Hoffman, Hurdle
VA GRECC Symposium:
Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events: Experience in the Application of
Strategies for the Detection and PreventIon of Harm
in Older Adults ,
Bair
The Interaction of Age with
Other Risk Factors for Adverse Drug Events in the Development of Computerized
Prediction and Prevention Tools , Hoffman, Nebeker, Hurdle
Adverse Drug Events During Hospitalization and Post-Discharge in Frail Elderly Veterans - Schmader
Presentations
by Interest Group Members, or on Related Topics
Thursday, November 15
Jennifer
Solomon , Center for Substance Abuse Prevention: “Alcohol Expectancies Of Older Adults” Paper
Donna
Fick,
Gerda Fillenbaum,
Friday, November 16
Frank
Whittington,
Eileen McDonach,
Larry W.
Dupree, Dept. of Aging and Mental Health, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental
Health Institute, University of South Florida
“A Legislatively Mandated Study of Elder Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Issues in Florida: Highlights and
Recommendations” Poster
Debra Newell “Diabetes Medication, Adherence And Outcomes
In Elderly Mexican-Americans” Poster
Saturday, November 17
Linda MacKeigan,
Carla VandeWeerd,
Dorcas Mansell,
Barbara
Bucur,
Lawrence
Schonfeld, Dept. of Aging and Mental
Health, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South
Florida: “Estimates Of Behavior Problems In Assisted Living Facilities” Poster
Wayne Ray “Improving
Medication Use In Home-Health And Other Frail Community-Dwelling Elderly” Symposium
Presentations
by Interest Group Members, or on Related Topics
At the November
2000 GSA conference, our interest group heard from Jennifer Solomon of the
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention presented on the "Alcohol/Drug Use
Among the Elderly: Prevention Programs
throughout the
The
following papers & posters on Substance Abuse/Misuse were presented at the
November 2000 GSA conference (abstracts can be found in the Special issue of
the Gerontologist, October 2000):
Posters
presented:
- A
Comparison of Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, and Mental Illness Among Perpetrators
of Elder Abuse, J. Berman, A. Salamone
- A
Prospective Study of Alcohol and Cognitive Performance in a Cohort of Japanese
American Older Adults, G. Bond, R. Burr, S. M. McCurry,
E. B. Larson
- An
Investigation of In-Patient Assessment and Treatment of Alcohol Problems in
Older Adults, E. McDonach, A. Wales, M. L. Gilhooly
-
Quantitative Versus Qualitative Measurement of Alcohol Expectancies Across the
Lifespan, R. Wiscott, K. Kopera-Frye, A. Begovic-Lapic, D. Blevins
- Adverse
Drug Reaction Management in Long-Term Care, K. L. Foland,
J. Mort
- Paper
presentation Alcohol Consumption
and Physical Function Among Older Italian Men: Findings From the FINE Study,
Presentations
by Interest Group Members, or on Related Topics
Our guest
speaker was Patrick Cullinane from American Society on Aging, who presented on
a web-based training program "Alcohol, Medications, and Aging: Use,
Misuse, and Abuse" developed in conjunction with Fred Blow of the
In
addition, two symposia were presented by our interest group members at the GSA
conference:
Symposium
1: Treatment Strategies for
Alcohol Problems in the Elderly (presented November 20, 1999). David
Oslin,
Symposium
2: Alcohol Consumption Among
Older Adults: Predictors, Risk Factors, and Measures of Problem Drinking,
(presented November 22, 1999); Mark
Kubik, Northern California Presbyterian Homes,