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People who took part in Northern Ireland’s Drink Wise, Age Well programme cut the number of days they drank in the previous month from 21 to 7, according to data released by the programme.

People who took part in Glasgow’s Drink Wise, Age Well programme cut the number of days they drank in the previous month from 15 to 8, according to data released by the programme.

People who took part in Sheffield’s Drink Wise, Age Well programme cut the average amount of alcohol they drink on a typical day in half from 14 units to 7.

The average number of drinking days in the last 28 days also decreased from 20 at assessment to 15 at discharge.

The Mindful Drinking Festival will give Scots the opportunity to taste more than 30 low and no-alcohol drinks and provide food for thought around the nation’s ongoing love affair with alcohol. There will be discussions, mixology demonstrations, entertainment and much more.   

Drink Wise, Age Well, the Glasgow-based, National Lottery funded programme to help the over 50s make healthier choices about alcohol will bring a mixture of insightful exhibits and engaging workshops to Scotland’s first alcohol-free drinks festival, which will take place at The Briggait at 147 Bridegate, Glasgow on Saturday, 13th October.

On Monday, 27th August broadcaster Adrian Chiles will look at his own and other’s drinking in a BBC2 documentary ‘Drinkers Like Us’. Find out more and read our comment…

People over 50 who are worried about their drinking can now get support from professionals trained to help older adults with alcohol problems by using web chat on the Drink Wise, Age Well website.

Reacting to NHS Scotland figures out today that show the number of people being admitted to hospital with alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) is at an all-time high, Julie Breslin, Head of the Drink Wise, Age Well programme, which helps the over 50s make healthier choices about alcohol made this statement.

A new online, interactive training module has been launched to help people who work with, or support older adults to recognise if they are being adversely affected by alcohol and respond in a way that is supportive and non-judgemental.

A short film being launched today at a conference about substance misuse in the over 50s2 looks at the main reasons older people drink, in a bid to generate better understanding of the tough later life realities that could lead any one of us to drink a little more than we should.

A new report being launched at the House of Lords on November 21 has found that ageism and age discrimination in alcohol policy, practice and research is denying older people the treatment they need to recover from harmful drinking.