Alcohol and Older People

Aim:
To build participants’ knowledge and skills around supporting older people who may be drinking too much

Objectives:

• Discuss information about alcohol’s effects and risks in relation to older people.
• Define alcohol units and recommended limits.
• Introduce early and late-onset drinking.
• Discuss barriers to support
• Discuss harm reduction techniques and how older people may be able to implement them into their lives.
• Understand the use of simple brief interventions applying the FRAMES model.
• To increase awareness of the types of support that individuals and their families can access in Leeds.

To book a place on the training course detailed above please email prevention@forwardleeds.co.uk with details of the course and your preferred date

Please check whether the course is being run online via MS Teams or in-person

Dates:

31st July 2024 – on MS Teams
10th October 2024  – course runs in-person
14th October 2024  – on MS Teams
6th November 2024  – on MS Teams
3rd December 2024 – course runs in-person

All Courses last from 10.00am to 1.00pm.