Medication

Deprescribing: How to Be on Less Medication for Healthy Aging

Information and Products / / , ,

Learn how deprescribing works, & how aging adults can safely reduce their medications. Plus 7 types of medication that seniors should avoid or reduce. Source: Deprescribing: How to Be on Less Medication for Healthy Aging Why is deprescribing especially important for older adults? Deprescribing is especially important to address in older adults because: People tend […]

Deprescribing: How to Be on Less Medication for Healthy Aging Read More »

Report: Medication Overload – America’s Other Drug Problem – The John A. Hartford Foundation

Information and Products / /

A report from the Lown Institute, Medication Overload: America’s Other Drug Problem, documents a steep rise in the number of medications taken by older Americans, and a parallel rise in serious adverse drug events (ADEs) that can lead to loss of mobility, falls, hospitalization, and in some cases, death. Among the most telling statistics, the

Report: Medication Overload – America’s Other Drug Problem – The John A. Hartford Foundation Read More »

Medication and supplement use in older people with and without intellectual disability: An observational, cross-sectional study

Information and Products / / ,

1 Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2 School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 3 IDS-TILDA School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 4 Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 5 School of Social Work, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

Medication and supplement use in older people with and without intellectual disability: An observational, cross-sectional study Read More »

Scroll to Top
Scroll to Top