Importance As older adults living in nursing homes are at a high risk of adverse drug-related
events, medications with a poor benefit/risk ratio or with a safer alternative should be …

BACKGROUND: Little empirical evidence exists regarding the influence and outcomes of
inappropriate medication use among elderly nursing home residents. OBJECTIVE: To …

OBJECTIVES: To compare the prevalence of inappropriate prescribing before and after
nursing home admission and to determine which patient and physician characteristics are …

Background: Appropriate medication prescribing for nursing home residents remains a
challenge. Objective: The purpose of this study was to conduct a narrative review of the …

BACKGROUND: Inappropriate prescriptions are common in older people admitted to
nursing homes. Commonly used instruments to detect potential inappropriate prescriptions …

BACKGROUND:: Nursing home residents are prescribed more medications than patients in
any other clinical setting. Although pharmacotherapy for older nursing home residents is …

Background: Multi-morbidity and polypharmacy of the elderly population enhances the
probability of elderly in residential long-term care facilities experiencing inappropriate …

There is ample and compelling evidence to suggest that medications are frequently used
inappropriately in the nursing home. The occurrence of avoidable adverse drug reactions is …

Background: Adverse events from inappropriate medications are preventable risk factors for
nursing home admissions. Objective: We sought to investigate the relationship between …

ContextCriteria for potentially inappropriate medication use among elderly patients have
been used in the past decade in large US epidemiological surveys to identify populations at …