Background Deprescribing is an intervention to address the high prevalence of
inappropriate polypharmacy in older people living in residential aged care facilities …

Objectives Deprescribing can help reduce polypharmacy in the elderly and hospitalisation
presents an opportunity to re-evaluate the use of medications. The aim of this study was to …

Abstract Background General Practitioners (GPs) are responsible for primary prescribing
decisions in most settings. Elderly patients living in Advanced Care Facilities (ACFs) often …

Background Deprescribing may reduce harmful polypharmacy in older people and is an
accepted clinical practice; however, data to guide deprescribing decisions are scarce …

Older people are often taking several medications for a number of different medical
conditions. Although physicians prescribe medications to treat diseases and symptoms …

Background: Despite concerns about the risk of adverse drug events among elderly patients
in residential care, polypharmacy is common in nursing homes. Although deprescribing is …

Aims This review investigates the factors that influence deprescribing of medications in
primary care from the perspective of general practitioners (GPs) and community‐living older …

Problems associated with the use of medicines in society continue to be a significant public
health burden, with the brunt being borne by older people. 1–3 The higher risk of medicine …

Purpose There has been recent interest in deprescribing, particularly among older people.
No previous studies have assessed whether residents of aged care facilities are willing to …

Polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use among older adults contribute to adverse
drug reactions, falls, cognitive impairment, noncompliance, hospitalization and mortality …