On the rocks
The Government has been urged to tackle pensioners’ drinking problems after new figures revealed the number of over-65s admitted to hospital because of alcohol has risen by more than 100,000 in four years.
Anyone surprised? When you look at how we treat old people in this country is it any wonder they want to get hammered?
Posted on March 5th, 2009 at 12:17pm under Miscellaneous misanthropy
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I’d want to know exactly what an “alcohol-related hospital admission” IS before trusting these figures to mean anything.
Excellent – I look forward to pubs being forced not to serve anyone who looks over 65 without a valid ID. Although what will happen to this country’s precious light and mild industry, lord alone knows.
“This is the captain of the Titanic speaking – those deckchairs simply aren’t straight enough”
Are old people especially ill-treated compared to the rest of the population?
I wonder how many of those over-65s read the Daily Mail, that could explain why they feel the need to hit the bottle.
“I’d want to know exactly what an “alcohol-related hospital admission” IS before trusting these figures to mean anything.”
It’s when you’ve been hit by a falling roof tile, and mention to the nurse stiching you up that the tile fell off a pub, I expect…