… that discharge planning should commence for ‘all’ older patients … process, it lays the
necessary foundation for development of a … Use of structured and individually tailored discharge …

… the frail elderly pa… necessary changes to the plan. The high rates of readmissions tells us
very clearly that our plans for intervention at discharge from hospital fail for every other patient, …

… For severely frail older people with a short life expectancy, it is generally accepted that … In
their systematic review of unnecessary medication use and its avoidance in frail older adults, …

… Prevention of unnecessary hospital … discharged to community.20-22 Assessment must be
linked to coordinated, multidisciplinary action to improve clinical outcomes in frail older people. …

… medication reconciliation programme helps pharmacists detect serious medication errors in
frail elderly patients … information at discharge becomes even more necessary and complex …

… medication errors within 24 hours of hospital discharge. … inappropriate or unnecessary
medication, supervised by a … evidence gap for medication use and outcomes in frail older people. …

… medication, which indicates the need for appropriate discharge calls for frail older patients.
… to maltreatment, unnecessary hospital care, and readmission of frail older persons, which is …

… a patient’s pharmacotherapy to optimise medication use by … , including the number of
unnecessary medications, MAI score, … in older adults and a reduction in post-discharge hospital …

… medication consumption during hospitalization in the last year of life and the prevalence of
potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) at hospital discharge… in frail older individuals with …

… education of medicines use12 and poor communication … on 19 patients unnecessarily to
avoid one patient experiencing … adverse drug reactions in frail elderly persons after hospital stay. …