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 ...

Understanding the needs of older adults and geriatric medicine could be of real importance as the world's population shifts and the issue impacts more people. Elderly is an age descriptor used to ...

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 — ...

A new report on strategies for geriatric drug development and assessment determined that drugs need to consider age as well as other factors that older adults face such as cognitive impairment, ...

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 ...

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

As the world’s population ages rapidly, the risk of chronic diseases is rising. A recent in Scientific Reports discusses how self-care, adherence to medication plans, and other health practices affect ...