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Educational Consequences of Alcoholism among the Elderly in Special Social Circumstances

Alina Breaz (Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, No. 77th Revoluţiei Boulevard, 310130, România. E-mail: alinamariabreaz@gmail.com)
Henrietta Torkos (Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, No. 2-4 Elena Dragoi St., Arad, Romania, E-mail: torkos_henriette@yahoo.com)

Consistent with the views of researchers in the field of social gerontology, tendencies of alcoholism among the elderly represents a form of evasion of reality due to the inability of those elderly who cannot adapt to changes induced during old age and who cannot confront, by other means, the difficulties and negative events that occur inevitably in this stage of life.

Keywords: social gerontology, elderly, alcoholism