Quality Use of Medicine in Aged Care Homes
A special issue of Pharmacy (ISSN 2226-4787).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2019) | Viewed by 12553
Special Issue Editor
Interests: quality use of medicines; aged care; medication safety; pharmacists in aged care; pharmacists in general practice; medication adherence; pharmacoeconomics; pharmacy education; health service optimisation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The number of people older than 65 years will rise to approximately 16% of the world population by 2050. This ageing population has produced increased demand on the healthcare system, resulting in an increased number of people receiving residential aged care services. Older adults residing in aged care homes are often diagnosed with multiple chronic diseases and require multiple medications to manage their health‐related conditions. The majority of residents in aged care homes are exposed to polypharmacy that places them at a higher risk of drug interactions, adverse drug reactions, and medication errors, and increases morbidity, mortality, and complexity of care.
Recent studies report a concerning rate of medication-adverse events in aged care homes, the causes of which are likely to be multifactorial. Besides polypharmacy, other important factors that are responsible for medication-adverse events and play roles in the quality use of medicine in aged care homes include nursing staff education; aged care homes medication management policies and procedures; the extent of interdisciplinary collaboration between the service providers; and access to health professionals such as GPs, pharmacists, and specialists.
This Special Issue aims to share findings on different aspects of the quality use of medicine in aged care homes including
- the scope, impact, and spread of the issue
- strategies to improve the medication management system
- interventions resulting in optimising medications
- interprofessional practice
- deprescribing
- polypharmacy
- the impact of collaborative pharmacists/pharmacy services and
- training and education
Dr. Sam Kosari
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- quality use of medicine
- aged care home
- nursing home
- long-term care facilities
- medication management system
- medication optimization
- medication review
- pharmacist
- polypharmacy
- deprescribing
- interprofessional practice
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