320 - Barriers to Deprescribing in Older Adults with Dementia
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DOI: 10.1017/s1041610220002203
Abstract: Individuals with dementia usually have multiple chronic illnesses, most of whom are medicated with five or more medications. However, as dementia progresses and the goal of care moves from prolonging life to optimizing quality of… read more here.
Keywords: adults dementia; barriers deprescribing; deprescribing older; 320 barriers ... See more keywords
New horizons in deprescribing for older people.
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DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afz109
Abstract: Deprescribing has gained interest recently, driven by an ageing population seeing an increasing number living with multiple long-term conditions. This, coupled with disease-specific guidelines derived from clinical trials in younger people, has led to an… read more here.
Keywords: older people; new horizons; horizons deprescribing; evidence ... See more keywords
Deprescribing in older patients by early‐career general practitioners: Prevalence and associations
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DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.14325
Abstract: Deprescribing is the health‐professional‐supervised process of withdrawal of an inappropriate medication to manage polypharmacy and improve patient outcomes. Given the harms of polypharmacy and associated inappropriate medicines, practitioners, especially general practitioners (GPs), are encouraged to… read more here.
Keywords: general practitioners; early career; deprescribing older; associations deprescribing ... See more keywords