senior health
An age old problem
Communication – with patients, families and carers, as well as with other health professionals – is key when it comes to managing pain in older people living in residential aged …
Keeping it simple
Can hospital inpatients discharged to a residential aged care facility take their medicines in a simpler way? One study suggests that it does A group of South Australian researchers, led …
Aged care move ‘even greater impetus’ for scope
Pharmacists practising to the top of their scope is key in helping keep older Australians out of hospital, and discharging them earlier, says a leading member of the profession The …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Older people, medication usage and long-term care pharmacists A retrospective cohort study of 1366 people aged 65 years and …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Menopausal hormone therapy and dementia A case control study conducted with more than 60,000 women aged 50 to 60 …
Pharmacists to be aged care knowledge brokers
Monash University has been awarded $1.5 million to investigate the role for embedded pharmacists in aged care Medicines Advisory Committees An investigation into how pharmacists can work with other health …
Aged care pharmacist slams script length ‘horse trade’
One leading aged care pharmacist has criticised Labor’s decision to fund a sector program through community pharmacies At the same time as he announced that 325 medicines would be available …
‘Total uncertainty’ reigns over aged care pharmacist funding
The “brain drain” from community pharmacy began long before the concept of embedding pharmacists in aged care, says one pharmacy aged care leader, who also criticised funding issues “With under …
Aged care meds change on the horizon
What do the new guidelines on managing medicines in residential aged care mean for pharmacists? In November 2022, the Australian Government released new guidelines on medication management in residential aged …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Efficacy of Benzodiazepines or Antihistamines for Patients with Acute Vertigo Findings from this systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that antihistamines may …
‘We can make the invisible, visible.’
Previous research on pharmacist intervention in aged care has focused on single session services… but a new study has found benefits from ongoing visits For the study, which was funded …