Journal article
Deprescribing for older people living in residential aged care facilities: Pharmacist recommendations, doctor acceptance and implementation
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Deprescribing is an intervention to address the high prevalence of inappropriate polypharmacy in older people living in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). Many deprescribing interventions are complex and involve several stages including initial pharmacist recommendation, subsequent acceptance of the recommendations by a prescriber and the patient, and then actual implementation.
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate …
Authors
Quek HW; Etherton-Beer C; Page A; McLachlan AJ; Lo SY; Naganathan V; Kearney L; Hilmer SN; Comans T; Mangin D
Journal
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Vol. 107, ,
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
April 2023
DOI
10.1016/j.archger.2022.104910
ISSN
0167-4943