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Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2019
Polypharmacy Among Home-Dwelling Older Adults: The Urgent Need for an Evidence-Based Medication Management Model.
- Filipa Pereira, Armin von Gunten, Joëlle Rosselet Amoussou, Isabella De Giorgi Salamun, Maria Manuela Martins, and Henk Verloo.
- School of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais-Wallis, Sion, Switzerland.
- Patient Prefer Adher. 2019 Jan 1; 13: 213721432137-2143.
AbstractAgeing populations with multiple chronic conditions challenge low-, middle-, and high-income countries. Older adults frequently depend on complex medication regimens and polypharmacy, both of which can lead to potentially devastating and debilitating medication-related problems and to subsequent far-reaching public health, social, and economic effects. This perspectives article provides an overview of the current state of medication management, reflects on its relevance among polymedicated home-dwelling older adults living with multiple chronic conditions, and proposes patient-centered approaches for optimizing medication management and preventing medication-related problems.© 2019 Pereira et al.
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