Identifying and understanding the health and social care needs of older adults with multiple chronic conditions and their caregivers: a scoping review

KS McGilton, S Vellani, L Yeung, J Chishtie… - BMC geriatrics, 2018 - Springer
Background As the population is aging, the number of persons living with multiple chronic
conditions (MCC) is expected to increase. This review seeks to answer two research …

Patient barriers to and enablers of deprescribing: a systematic review

E Reeve, J To, I Hendrix, S Shakib, MS Roberts… - Drugs & aging, 2013 - Springer
Background Inappropriate medication use is common in the elderly and the risks associated
with their use are well known. The term deprescribing has been utilised to describe the …

Decision making for older adults with multiple chronic conditions: executive summary for the American Geriatrics Society guiding principles on the care of older adults …

C Boyd, CD Smith, FA Masoudi… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Caring for older adults with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) is challenging. The American
Geriatrics Society (AGS) previously developed The AGS Guiding Principles for the Care of …

Antihypertensive medications and serious fall injuries in a nationally representative sample of older adults

ME Tinetti, L Han, DSH Lee, GJ McAvay… - JAMA internal …, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The effect of serious injuries, such as hip fracture and head injury, on mortality
and function is comparable to that of cardiovascular events. Concerns have been raised …

Prioritizing functional capacity as a principal end point for therapies oriented to older adults with cardiovascular disease: a scientific statement for healthcare …

DE Forman, R Arena, R Boxer, MA Dolansky, JJ Eng… - Circulation, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Adults are living longer, and cardiovascular disease is endemic in the growing population of
older adults who are surviving into old age. Functional capacity is a key metric in this …

Polypharmacy in older adults hospitalized for heart failure

O Unlu, EB Levitan, E Reshetnyak… - Circulation: Heart …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Despite potential harm that can result from polypharmacy, real-world data on
polypharmacy in the setting of heart failure (HF) are limited. We sought to address this …

The Ariadne principles: how to handle multimorbidity in primary care consultations

C Muth, M van den Akker, JW Blom, CD Mallen… - BMC medicine, 2014 - Springer
Multimorbidity is a health issue mostly dealt with in primary care practice. As a result of their
generalist and patient-centered approach, long-lasting relationships with patients, and …

Primary care clinicians' experiences with treatment decision making for older persons with multiple conditions

TR Fried, ME Tinetti, L Iannone - Archives of internal medicine, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Background: Clinicians are caring for an increasing number of older patients with multiple
diseases in the face of uncertainty concerning the benefits and harms associated with …

Self-management priority setting and decision-making in adults with multimorbidity: a narrative review of literature

LC Bratzke, RJ Muehrer, KA Kehl, KS Lee… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives The purpose of this narrative review was to synthesize current research findings
related to self-management, in order to better understand the processes of priority setting …

Beliefs and attitudes of older adults and carers about deprescribing of medications: a qualitative focus group study

E Reeve, LF Low, SN Hilmer - British Journal of General Practice, 2016 - bjgp.org
Background Deprescribing describes the complex process that is required for the safe and
effective cessation of medications that are likely to cause more harm than benefit …