Seniors with severe dementia residing in nursing homes (NHs) frequently receive large numbers of medications. With disease progression, the medications' harm-benefit ratio changes and they need to be reviewed, adjusted, or discontinued. Evidence on successful interventions to optimize medication use a...
To evaluate the prevalence of medication-related admissions (MRAs) and their association with potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) used by nursing home residents admitted to the geriatric center of a tertiary hospital.
Polypharmacy is common in home health care (HHC). This study examined the prevalence of medications associated with geriatric syndromes (MAGS), its predictors, and association with subsequent hospitalization in HHC.