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Managing and administering medication in care homes for older people
— a report for the project: 'Working together to develop practical solutions: an integrated approach to medication in care homes' | | Corporate Author | Centre for Policy on Ageing - CPA |
| Publisher | Centre for Policy on Ageing, London, April 2012 |
| Pages | 38 pp |
| Source | http://www.cpa.org.uk/information/reviews/Managing... |
| Keywords | Drugs ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Management [care] ; Standards of provision. |
| Annotation | Older people in care homes are among the most vulnerable members of society, and are reliant on care home staff for many of their everyday needs. A combination of complex medical conditions may lead to the need to take multiple medications with care home residents taking an average of 7 or 8 medications. This 'polypharmacy' in turn increases the risk of medication error - which may occur as a result of a failure in prescribing, dispensing, administering or monitoring medication. This report was prepared for the `Working together to develop practical solutions: an integrated approach to medication in care homes' project funded by the Department of Health (DH). It focuses on the administering of medication in care homes, and is intended for care home owners, managers and senior staff. It draws together information from a variety of sources to describe the extent of the problem, identify common causes, and suggest simple and practical ways of reducing the risk of error when administering medication. One such example is the principle of the 5 Rs: right resident, right medication, right dose, right route, and right time. The report includes a review of the regulations, standards, guidance and codes of practice produced by national bodies and some local NHS Trusts. This report, which focuses on the administering of medication in care homes, was prepared for the `Working together to develop practical solutions: an integrated approach to medication in care homes' project funded by the Department of Health. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150910002 E |
| Classmark | LLD: KW: LHB: QA: 583 |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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