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Potential Harms From Polypharmacy in the Elderly (BBC News / Age UK / EJCP / Bazian / Lancet Psychiatry)

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An Age UK report investigates the potential harms of over-prescribing medicines for older people. Older persons often remain on too many prescribed medicines, putting them at risk of side-effects, potentially resulting in falls and other forms of serious harm. … Continue reading →

System to Measure and Prevent Medication Errors Under Development (Department of Health and Social Care / EEPRU / BBC News)

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Department of Health and Social Care now has a system to help identify, monitor and prevent medication errors. The aim is to help ensure the NHS becomes the safest healthcare system in the world, as well as avoiding … Continue reading →

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Medication Errors: an Open Learning Culture Recommended to Reduce Patient Harm (BBC News / Department of Health / EEPRU / Department of Health and Social Care)

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Medication errors, which include (i) wrong medications given, (ii) incorrect doses and (iii) delays in medication being administered, cause an estimated 700 deaths per year and might play a role in something between 1,700 to 22,300 further avoidable deaths. … Continue reading →

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Reducing Under-Usage of Medications (British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology)

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A meta-analysis investigating the impact of pharmaceutical care interventions for medication underuse in older people has shown that such interventions, including medication reviews, can reduce medication under-use in older people. Full Text Link Reference Meid, AD. Lampert, A. [and] … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest | Tagged Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), Adverse Drug Reactions in the Elderly, Ageing Population, Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elderly (ACOVE), Assessment of Underutilization (AOU) Index, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacists, Community Pharmacists, Cooperation Unit Clinical Pharmacy: University of Heidelberg, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology: University of Heidelberg, Germany, Good Prescribing, Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Reactions, Medication Reviews, Medication Underuse in Older People, Medication-Related Problems in the Elderly, Medications Under-Use, Optimisation of Pharmacotherapy in Older People, Pharmacist-Led Medication Reviews, Pharmacists, Polypharmacy in the Elderly STOPP and START Criteria, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP), Reducing Under-Usage of Medications, School of Pharmacy: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Screening Tool to Alert Doctors to Right Treatments (START), STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions), STOPP and START Criteria, Sub-Optimal Prescribing in Older Inpatients and Outpatients, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Under-Usage of Medications, Undermedication, United States, University of Colorado, University of Heidelberg, USA | Leave a comment

Aspirin: Stomach Bleeds Risk for Over-75s (BBC News / Lancet / NHS Choices)

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Persons aged over 75 taking daily aspirin following a stroke or heart attack are at higher risk of stomach bleeds than thought previously. The benefits of low dose aspirin still outweigh the risks, even in this age group. Co-prescription … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged adverse, Adverse Drug Events, Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), Adverse Drug Reactions in the Elderly, Adverse Effects, Adverse Events, Aspirin, Aspirin: Low-Dose Acetylsalicylic Acid, Aspirin: Stomach Bleeds Risk for Over-75s, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Centre for Prevention of Stroke and Dementia: University of Oxford, Daily Low-Dose Aspirin, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, John Radcliffe Hospital, Lancet, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences: University of Oxford, Oxford Vascular Study, Oxford Vascular Study (OXVASC), Prophylactic Use of Aspirin, Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs), University of Oxford | Leave a comment

Patient Safety Improvement in Care Homes (BMC Health Services Research)

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A programme to improve patient / resident safety in care homes is to be conducted in Walsall and Wolverhampton over 24 months. This article outlines the evaluation of this care home improvement programme in the West Midlands. The aim is … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR)

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (ISSN 2397-5628) is a recently launched, locally edited, multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed international journal, which covers topics of relevance to the care of the elderly. Concerning Guidelines on the Use of Antipsychotics for Agitation … Continue reading →

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