Elderly people should reduce their drinking from 4 units a day, which is the current recommendation for adults, to just 1.5 units (the equivalent of half a pint of beer).

A recent report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists backs up this recommendation with a battery of facts and figures, for example 14% of men over 65 binge drink, many of them at home.  To see some of the negative reactions to this new report in the British media, as well as Castle Craig’s take on the issue, read the main article.