Research priorities for optimizing geriatric pharmacotherapy: an international consensus

ECK Tan, JK Sluggett, K Johnell, G Onder… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - Elsevier
Medication management is becoming increasingly challenging for older people, and there is
limited evidence to guide medication prescribing and administration for people with …

Are clinical outcomes associated with medication regimen complexity? A systematic review and meta-analysis

V Alves-Conceição, KSS Rocha… - Annals of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Current evidence of the influence of the medication regimen complexity (MRC)
on the patients' clinical outcomes are not conclusive. Objective: To systematically and …

Health determinants and survival in nursing home residents in Europe: Results from the SHELTER study

DL Vetrano, A Collamati, N Magnavita, A Sowa… - Maturitas, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective The care processes directed towards institutionalized older people needs to be
tailored on goals and priorities that are relevant for this specific population. The aim of the …

Drug related problems in older adults living with dementia

S Ruangritchankul, NM Peel, LS Hanjani, LC Gray - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Compared with those without dementia, older patients with dementia admitted
to acute care settings are at higher risk for triad combination of polypharmacy (PP) …

Predictors of hospitalisations and emergency department presentations shortly after entering a residential aged care facility in Australia: a retrospective cohort study

MC Inacio, RN Jorissen, S Wesselingh, JK Sluggett… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To:(1) examine the 90-day incidence of unplanned hospitalisation and
emergency department (ED) presentations after residential aged care facility (RACF) …

Impact of medication regimen simplification on medication administration times and health outcomes in residential aged care: 12 month follow up of the SIMPLER …

JK Sluggett, RE Hopkins, EYH Chen, J Ilomäki… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the SImplification of Medications Prescribed to Long-tErm care Residents (SIMPLER)
cluster-randomized controlled trial, we evaluated the impact of structured medication …

Development and validation of the medication regimen simplification guide for residential aged CarE (MRS GRACE)

EYH Chen, JK Sluggett, J Ilomäki… - … interventions in aging, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background Residents of aged care facilities use increasingly complex medication
regimens. Reducing unnecessary medication regimen complexity (eg, by consolidating the …

Medication regimen complexity and hospital readmission in older adults with chronic kidney disease

WH Tesfaye, GM Peterson… - Annals of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by high rates of hospital
admissions and readmissions. However, there is a scarcity of research into medication …

Polypharmacy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: prevalence and outcomes in a single-center series

F Mesonero, C Fernández… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: Polypharmacy can complicate the course and management of chronic
diseases, and has been little explored in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to …

Reducing the burden of complex medication regimens: SImplification of Medications Prescribed to Long-tErm care Residents (SIMPLER) cluster randomized …

JK Sluggett, EYH Chen, J Ilomäki, M Corlis… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To assess the application of a structured process to consolidate the number of
medication administration times for residents of aged care facilities. Design A nonblinded …