New research has confirmed that medication usage increases after a diagnosis of dementia, creating increased risk for medication-related problems. With a large number of people living with dementia in Australia and worldwide, the study’s findings have direct...
A statement from the US National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, reminds us that it is the professional responsibility of healthcare personnel to prevent illness in themselves, which can be subsequently transmitted to others, in this way conferring protection for...
Research recently published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society confirms that high‐risk anticholinergic medications were amongst the treatments used by over 6% of older adults assessed by office-based physicians, representative of 14.6 million total...
Australian research has shown that pharmacist medication reviews reduce inappropriate prescribing for residents of aged care facilities: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03007995.2018.1424624
