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This list of recommended resources and further information on medicines optimisation in older people has been curated by the BGS Medicine Optimisation Special Interest Group (SIG).
Older people are often taking several medications, but regular review of their benefits or risks is as of yet not part of standard care. This themed collection aims to improve patient outcomes and the sustainability of deprescribing approaches.
This document outlines evidence for proactive care and support for older adults with moderate to severe frailty.
The STOPPFall is more comprehensive than most national falls prevention guideline listings. It can provide a first step towards harmonising the practice and guidelines on drug-related falls in Europe.
Our team’s vision is to work in a proactive manner and identify patients living with moderate frailty who have unmet medical and social needs. Often, we find catching potential problems at a moderate frailty stage can significantly improve a patient’s quality of life and optimise their healthcare.
This Saturday the England Rugby team will step out onto the pitch at the International Stadium Yokohama, Japan, to compete in the Rugby World Cup Final.
Our new research published in Age and Ageing has established that most people living with dementia and mild cognitive impairment and their caregivers are willing to have one of their medications deprescribed (78.5%).
New research published in Age and Ageing has shown that comprehensive medicines reviews are associated with a lower risk of death for residents of care homes.
If there was a popularity contest for vitamins, Vitamin D would probably win with ease. Thousands of papers are published about it year after year.
Long-term conditions are diseases that cannot be cured, just controlled with medications. Over our lifetime we accumulate diagnoses, such that many people experience old age as a state of multimorbidity.