{"id":3440,"date":"2022-12-08T19:22:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T19:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/applegarthhealthcare.co.uk\/?p=3440"},"modified":"2022-12-08T19:24:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T19:24:39","slug":"elementor-3440","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/applegarthhealthcare.co.uk\/elementor-3440\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicine reviews linked to lower deaths in care homes."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Age and Ageing has published new research to indicate that comprehensive medicine reviews completed routinely have been associated with a lower risk of death of care home residents. Statistics are positive emerging from data collected in Australia, and reveal that those who received medicine reviews 6-12 months after entering a care home, were 4.4% less likely to die over the following 12 months.<\/span><\/p>
Particularly, residents exposed to polypharmacy (those taking nine or more medicines,) had a death risk which was 6.6% lower among those with a medicine review as compared to those without.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>
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Also known as residential medication management review, the medicine review involves a pharmacist visiting the care home directly in order to obtain the medication history of a patient, engage with the resident themselves and their care team staff, and then provide any education. A liaison with the GP is also appropriate, and the pharmacist can then make recommendations about any medication changes to reduce potential harm and maximise benefits. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Age and Ageing has published new research to indicate that comprehensive medicine reviews completed routinely have been associated with a lower risk of death of care home residents. Statistics are positive emerging from data collected in Australia, and reveal that those who received […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Medicine reviews linked to lower deaths in care homes. - Applegarth Healthcare<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n