The population of most countries is increasing and the United Nations predicts that by the
year 2050 those over the age of 60 years old will increase from 900 million individuals to
approximately 2.1 billion individuals (United Nations, 2015). The increase in the number of
older individuals will place a strain on many national health care systems making it
important to investigate behaviors in the aged that may negatively impact general health in
this demographic. Recent work has shown that older adults consume alcohol, often at levels …