Background Polypharmacy and use of inappropriate medications have been linked to
increased risk of falls, hospitalizations, cognitive impairment, and death. The primary …

Polypharmacy is very common in older adults and increases the risk of inappropriate and
unsafe prescribing for older adults. Older adults, particularly women (who make up the …

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) rank as one of the top 10 leading causes of death and
illness in developed countries. ADRs show differential features depending upon genotype …

Introduction Healthcare workforces are currently facing multiple challenges, including aging
populations; increasing prevalence of long-term conditions; and shortfall of registered …

Regular physical activity is vital for the health and disease prevention of older adults.
Outdoor fitness equipment has gained popularity for natural exercise spaces among middle …

BACKGROUND Tackling problematic polypharmacy requires tailoring the use of medicines
to individual needs and circumstances. This may involve stopping medicines (deprescribing) …

Purpose To improve prescribing in older adults, criterion sets have been introduced from
different countries. While current criterion sets are useful to some extent, they do not meet …

Polypharmacy is common in older adults and associated with inappropriate medication use,
adverse drug events, medication nonadherence, higher costs, and increased mortality …

Background Management of patients with polypharmacy is challenging, and evidence for
beneficial effects of deprescribing interventions is mixed. This study aimed to investigate …

Purpose To establish a consensus on both explicit and implicit criteria in order to identify
potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) in French older people aged 75 years and over or …