AOD - Alcohol, Medication & Other Drugs
Abuse and Misuse Among Older Adults
The American Society on Aging, under contract to the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, offers free training and technical assistance on abuse and misuse of Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) for providers in nonprofit and governmental agencies in California to help them better serve their older clients.
Use this website to find resources, access training opportunities, and ask for specific expert.
Web Seminars
The American Society on Aging, under contract to the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, offers free training and technical assistance on abuse and misuse of Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) for providers in nonprofit and governmental agencies in California to help them better serve their older clients. The six pre-recorded web seminars (approximately 30 minutes each) cover topics related to alcohol and aging, as well as aging-related medication issues and cultural competency. You can earn 3 CEU credits ($45 fee applies) by watching all of these presentations and completing the CEU form you will see after signing into the site.
FREE DVD!! All six web seminars are available on DVD we have a limited amount. If interested please contact Patricia Morazan at pmorazan@asaging.org to request your copy.
The following web seminars are available ON DEMAND.
Please click here and register to view all six sessions:
The six pre-recorded web seminars (approximately 30 minutes each) cover topics related to alcohol and aging, as well as aging-related medication issues and cultural competency. You can earn 3 CEU credits by watching all of these presentations and completing the CEU form you will see after signing into the site. A $45 fee is charged to cover the costs of CEU applications; access to the presentations is free.
Session #1: Alcohol and Aging: Obstacles to Identification
Session #2: Communication Skills to Create Conversations with Older Adults Who May be Abusing/Misusing
Substances
Session #3: The Deadly Triangle: The Relationship between Depression, Alcoholism, Suicide and Older Adults
Session #4: Medication Issues in Older Women
Session #5: Medications Used by the Senior Community: A Double-Edged Sword?
Session #6: Cultural Competency & Older Adult Substance Abuse Treatment
Please watch all six web seminars before completing the Continuing Education Unit (CEU) packet and returning with your check for $45 to request credits. Questions? Contact us at 415-974-9606 or pmorazan@asaging.org.
We look forward to reviewing your feedback in the CEU surveys and ask you to share these sessions with your colleagues and co-workers. Thank you for viewing our pre-recorded web seminars
- Online Videos Train Clinicians to Help Patients Who Drink Too Much:
A new interactive video training program for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), demonstrates quick and effective strategies for screening patients for heavy drinking and helping them to cut down or quit.
"The video scenarios demonstrate evidence-based techniques for assessing and managing at-risk drinking and alcohol use disorders," says NIAAA Director, Ting-Kai Li, M.D. "We want to make these techniques widely available to clinicians so that more people with alcohol use problems will get the help they need."
Called "Video Cases: Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much," the program is available online at www.niaaa.nih.gov/guide.
- Updated State Alcohol Policy Information:
The Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS), a project by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, announces its latest update of state-by-state alcohol policies.
APIS is an online resource that provides detailed information on selected alcohol-related policies across the United States. The January 1, 2007 update, which covers the period 1/2/2006 through 1/1/2007, includes all 36 of the APIS "policy topics.
Visit the APIS website to obtain details on these important policy developments and to review other changes in alcohol policy across the country.
- Evidence-Based Practices, Substance Abuse and Older Adults:
Click here to view selected presentations by expert faculty.
The American Society on Aging and the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Foundation have collaborated on the development of Adult Meducation: Improving Medication Adherence in Older Adults, a web-based program to educate ASA and ASCP. Please visit http://www.adultmeducation.com/index.html for more information.
"We are only beginning to realize the pervasiveness of substance abuse among older adults."
-Charles G. Curie, M.A., A.C.S.W., Administrator,
U.S Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2005)
Monday, February 08, 2010 
08:24:08 PM PST
