Alcohol research has traditionally focused on younger age groups; consumption patterns and predictors for older people have received only limited attention. However, the number of older Australians has increased substantially in recent years, accompanied by unprecedented changes in their alcohol consumption patterns. Older people are vulnerable to a range of alcohol‐related adverse effects, including falls and other injuries, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, mental health problems, obesity, liver disease, and early onset dementia and other brain injury.1,2,3 These vulnerabilities are a cause for clinical concern.
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