Purpose: Types of medication misunderstanding among community-dwelling elderly people were studied. Methods: Community-dwelling people who were at least 65 years of age and who volunteered to ...

The use of an electronic health record (EHR)–based clinical decision support (CDS) system in emergency departments (EDs) increased adherence to geriatric prescribing recommendations for potentially ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance on the content and placement of information specific to geriatric patients in drug and biologic labeling. The guidance document, ...

Polypharmacy, or the concurrent use of five or more medications, is common in older adults and increases the risk of adverse drug interactions. While deprescribing unnecessary drugs can combat this ...

Taking five or more medications increased the risk of death, hospitalizations and ER visits in elderly patients with colorectal cancer. Recent research found an association between polypharmacy — ...

Older adults discharged from hospitals on multiple medications are less likely to regain independence during rehabilitation, a new study suggests. The Japanese study, published in the journal BMC ...

Geriatric medication management: Evaluation of pharmacist interventions and potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use in older (≥65 years) cancer patients No significant financial relationships ...

A retrospective single-centre analysis of the prevalence of statin use in geriatric oncology: Is there a role for cessation? Development timing and study phase of initiated geriatric drug trials on ...

The state must prepare for a future in which nearly one in four citizens will be over 60 years old, says expert ...