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| Medication use in nursing homes for elderly people | | Author(s) | Lee Furniss, Sarah Kathryn Lloyd Craig, Alistair Burns |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 13, no 7, July 1998 |
| Pages | pp 433-439 |
| Keywords | Drugs ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | This review critically evaluates medication use in nursing and residential home residents, in particular psychotropics, and aims to raise awareness of the issue. Medication is often prescribed to this population for physical and mental ill-health, with resultant polypharmacy and the possibility of iatrogenic disorders. Sometimes drugs are prescribed inappropriately, and a number of studies have highlighted the overuse of psychotropic drugs. Legislation in the US has been effective in controlling their use, in that neuroleptic prescriptions for the treatment of behavioural disturbances have been significantly reduced and non-pharmacological strategies aimed at ameliorating behavioural disturbance have been proposed. Studies suggest that pharmacists have a role in appropriate management of medicines in older residents; they can improve patient care and be cost-effective. Identification of methods by which to improve awareness of inappropriate prescribing, and to avoid certain types of drugs is required. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980810001 A |
| Classmark | LLD: KW: LHB: KX: 3A:6KC |
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