Alcohol and older people. The European project VINTAGE: good Health Into Older Age. Design, methods and major results

objectives: the european project vintage - good health into older age aims at filling the knowledge gap and building capacity on alcohol and the elderly, encouraging evidence- and experience-based interventions. methods: systematic review of scientific literature on the impact of alcohol on older people; ad hoc survey and review of grey literature to collect eu examples of good practices for prevention; dissemination of findings to stakeholders involved in the field of alcohol, aging or public health in general. results: design and procedures of the vintage project are described, providing also an outline of major results, with particular attention to those related to the dissemination activity. conclusions: much more information and research is needed. this issue should be part of both alcohol and healthy ageing policies.