Addiction in older adults — CASC communication station

Station brief

Format. Communication and shared decision-making station, approximately 7–10 minutes after reading time. You are the psychiatry registrar in clinic. ^[1]

Candidate instructions. Engage without stigma, explain why alcohol plus zopiclone raise falls and cognitive risk in later life, refuse unsafe same-week cold turkey, outline a gradual collaborative plan (screening, sleep alternatives, possible alcohol reduction/pharmacotherapy later), involve the son as support, and safety-net. Do not invent statute numbers. ^[2][3]