3 ms·

One of my passengers pointed out that old people have a tendency to drink a lot of alcohol. Future passengers confirmed this again and again... One woman told o

One of my passengers pointed out that old people have a tendency to drink a lot of alcohol. Future passengers confirmed this again and again... One woman told of how old people get away from the care facility (for lunch with family, etc) she worked at and came back smashed. Edit: many people have a problematic relationship with alcohol. I know some people who aren't at all truthful with their doctors about their alcohol use. Any effort to figure out dementia needs to figure out how alcohol fits into the patients' conditions.

taneq 9y ago
At that point, why not? Your health is failing and you've only got a few years left at most, and probably much less time until you're put on some medication that precludes alcohol. Might as well enjoy yourself while you can.
- openfuture 9y ago
  I hate how alcohol is somehow synonymous with enjoyment. If your health is failing and you want to enjoy your last years then how about not _literally poisoning yourself_ and instead spending some time with family or something.
  - taneq 9y ago
    Different people experience alcohol differently. Maybe a couple of drinks just makes you feel cruddy but it makes some people feel great, enough so that it's worth taking a small hit to their health.
  - 2snakes 9y ago
    They could have been refraining from drinking most of their life too.
alien_at_work 9y ago
>One woman told of how old people get away from the care facility (for lunch with family, etc) she worked at and came back smashed. Are they drinking a lot or could it be related to lowered alcohol tolerance?