Learn how to engage PALTC residents and their families in effective conversations about medication deprescribing with this 30-minute, interactive course, Deprescribing Communication Techniques. Building on the foundational concepts introduced in Module 1, Design Your Deprescribing Intervention, this second module of the series offers a framework and practical strategies to foster trust, promote shared decision-making, and address common concerns around changing or stopping medications.

Areas of Focus

1. Barriers to Deprescribing
2. Residents’ Potential Perceptions When Discussing Changes to Drugs
3. How Willing Are Residents and Family Caregivers to Deprescribe?
4. FRAME Deprescribing Communication Map

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this module, learners will be able to:

• Explore the psychological connections residents, family caregivers, and clinicians have with medications
• Apply the five steps of the FRAME Deprescribing Communication Map
• Implement strategies to manage cognitive dissonance

Background and Development

This module was designed by the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) and the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) as part of the Drive to Deprescribe initiative to optimize medication use in PALTC. Funding for this module was generously provided by the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.