A NEW International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) report lists pharmacy interventions with evidence of improving medication adherence for the elderly.
The report identifies new medicines services, more counselling when a medicine supplied is repeated, dosage administration aids and reminder systems among a list of pharmacy interventions with evidence of improving adherence to medication in elderly patients with chronic conditions.
The authors of the report, 'Use of medicines by the elderly: The role of pharmacy in promoting adherence', reviewed existing knowledge of pharmacy programmes and services to improve adherence in this growing patient population.
"Pharmacists have a key role in monitoring and improving patient adherence to medicines, both as a single profession, as well as within a multidisciplinary, patient-centred collaborative team," said Parisa Aslani, lead author of the report and Professor in Medicines Use Optimisation at The University of Sydney School of Pharmacy.
Access the report at fip.org.
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