Addressing Problems With Alcohol and Other Substances Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic poses great challenges for older adults and their families, support systems, caregivers, and medical and mental health care providers. Increased mortality among older adults following infection with SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus, is now well established. Older people already are vulnerable to the detrimental effects of isolation and face disproportionate adverse consequences from social distancing and shelter-in-place...