This paper discusses GP perspectives on the principles underlying rational pharmacotherapy for older people. The rising use of prescription medicine forces the GP to balance the benefit of evidence group-based appropriate drug use against the problems arising when medication is given to older people ...
The medication actually taken by 223 elderly people referred for a psychiatric opinion and seen in their own residence was compared with that reported in a very similar study made 10 years earlier. Though the average age had increased by two and a half years and there had been a great ...
Africa had the highest prevalence of PIM use among older adults. The medical conditions in Africa are considered below optimal—the regulations, insubstantial—which could explain the high prevalence. Benzodiazepine, a type of depressant, was the most prescribed PIM for older adults in the...
Older peopleDaily routinesMedicationThis paper explores the daily routines of people aged 75 or more who live in their own homes and who have been receiving prescribed medication for twelve months or more. It draws on a representative UK sample of 77 such people and uses a variety of methods:...
Understanding the medication and supplement use of people aging with intellectual disability (ID) is critical to ensuring that health service providers in primary/ambulatory care can optimise use of these agents. 展开 关键词: MEDICAL care for older people PEOPLE with intellectual disabilities MENTAL ...
The EU(7)-PIM list: A list of potentially inappropriate medications for older people consented by experts from seven European countries. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2015;71:861–75. Article Google Scholar ABDATA Pharma-Daten-Service. ABDA-Datenbank Interaktionen. http://www.abdata.de/. Accessed 9...
Background: Medication-related admissions are an important cause of hospital admissions in older people. The scope for prevention is less clear. Objectives: To characterize medication-related hospital admissions in older people and assess their preventability. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, observ...
medicationmedicine managementmedicines reviewolder peoplediabetesdoi:10.1002/9780470774991.ch9Susan HuntJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdHunt S (2005) Effective medication management in older people. In: Dunning T (ed) Nursing care of older people with diabetes. Blackwell, Oxford, pp 230–249...
To compare compliance in older adults with that of younger people, two studies investigated general practice patients taking either a short course of antibiotics or long-term medication. These studies examined the effects of age on compliance separately from other factors such as memory, domestic cond...
Predictors of decline in self-assessments of health among older people--a 5-year longitudinal study. Within the framework of the Evergreen project we examined how changes in several indicators of health and functioning and physical activity predicted a dec... R Leinonen,E Heikkinen,Marja Jylh ...