Parekh Rupal, Morano Carmen
Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging and Longevity, City University of New York, New York, NY 10010, USA.
J Gerontol Soc Work. 2009 Oct;52(7):686-94. doi: 10.1080/01634370802716224.
For a growing number of older adults, a day outing to a local casino has become one of the more enjoyable and accessible opportunities for socialization and entertainment. Unfortunately, for some older adults this growing pastime increases their risk for developing a gambling problem or, worse yet, a gambling addiction. The consequences of problematic gambling behaviors for individuals living on a fixed income require greater attention by social work researchers, practitioners, and providers of senior services. The development and implementation of a Gambling Education Workshop for older adults attending senior centers in a large metropolitan area, along with qualitative interviews with a sample of workshop participants, are reported in this article. Among the findings from this project are the needs for greater awareness of the risk factors associated with problematic gambling, as well as greater awareness among older adults about the consequences associated with gambling.
对于越来越多的老年人来说，去当地赌场一日游已成为社交和娱乐中更有趣且更容易参与的机会之一。不幸的是，对一些老年人而言，这种日益流行的消遣增加了他们出现赌博问题甚至更糟的赌博成瘾的风险。有固定收入的人出现问题赌博行为的后果需要社会工作研究人员、从业者和老年服务提供者给予更多关注。本文报告了为在一个大城市地区老年中心的老年人开展赌博教育工作坊的情况以及对工作坊参与者样本进行的定性访谈。该项目的研究结果包括需要提高对与问题赌博相关风险因素的认识，以及提高老年人对与赌博相关后果的认识。
