Maggie, the survey was based on the records of 28000 patients of gps. Of those, there were 9000 records showing the drinking habits.
Older drinkers are the same as any other drinkers. If they drink too much they are a pain in the arse to their families, a drain on the health service, dangerous behind the wheel, liable to aggression and violence, and a source of distress and unhappiness to their partners. The survey did not actually look at these aspects, because all it did was ennumerate the volume of alcohol consumed in that age group, relating to ethnicity. But it's well known that these are the results of heavy drinking, so not sure how anyone can say that older drinkers harm no one but themselves, Ana.
Current guidelines for women are no more than two to three units of alcohol per day, Maggie, so I reckon the aged lady in the previous post was within limits. Maybe if she is literally having this every day she is over the guidance, not sure.