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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction | ||||
| Title | Treatment and care for older drug users | Type | Report | ||
| Year | 2010 | Publication | Abbreviated Journal | ||
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 31 | ||
| Keywords | target group; elderly; old age; drug user; addiction; AOD use, abuse, and dependence; chemical addiction; demographic change; treatment and maintenance; health care delivery; Europe | ||||
| Abstract | ’Drug problems have no age limits’ – This special review published alongside the 2010 Annual report, reveals why drug use is no longer simply a ‘youth phenomenon’. Europe is experiencing a pronounced ageing of its population, around a quarter of which will be aged 65 or over by 2050. Statistics published today show that Europe’s drug-using population is also ageing and that meeting the needs of older drug users is a growing issue for treatment services. This is particularly the case in western countries which saw the EU’s first heroin epidemics in the 1980s and 1990s. | ||||
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| Publisher | Office for Official Publications of the European Communities | Place of Publication | Luxembourg | Editor | European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction |
| Language | English | Summary Language | Original Title | ||
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| Notes | Approved | no | |||
| Call Number | 50-11579 | Serial | 51153 | ||
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