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Shaking up the alcohol debate in Scotland
11.10.2018The 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.
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Drink Wise, Age Well Glasgow bringing unique brand of alcohol support to Scotland’s first Mindful Drinking Festival
12.09.2018Drink 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.
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Drink Wise, Age Well comment on Adrian Chiles ‘Drinkers like us’ BBC documentary
27.08.2018On 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…
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Web chat now available for older adults with alcohol problems
08.08.2018People 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.
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Right support for people with alcohol-related cognitive impairment can achieve positive outcomes
11.07.2018Reacting 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.
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New e-learning module will help people working with, or supporting over 50s to recognise & respond to problem drinking
01.05.2018A 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.
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New online film looks at life transitions that can lead to harmful drinking – to tackle stigma around older drinkers
24.01.2018A 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.
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Widespread ageism in alcohol treatment preventing UK over 50s getting help
20.11.2017A 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.
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