Sarah Galvani

Sarah Galvani is a qualified social worker and an independent consultant focusing on research and development work in alcohol and other drug services. She also supports family members of people using alcohol, other drugs and/or gambling through the national charity Adfam’s project Adfam@Home.

Sarah retired from Manchester Metropolitan University in April 2024 and remains professor emerita of social research and substance use in the Department of Nursing and Public Health.

She also runs courses for Breast Cancer Now for women coming to the end of their breast cancer treatment and is a lay member of the hearing panels for the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.

All posts by Sarah Galvani

Illicit drug use, medication misuse and older people

Sets out what is known and what is not known about older adults who use illicit drugs and misuse medication and considers their care and intervention needs.

Alcohol use and older people

How to recognise whether an older person is misusing alcohol, and how to build questions about drinking habits into assessments and reviews without seeming intrusive.