Abstract What Is New and Objectives Older people from ethnic minorities experience the
intersectionality of age and ethnicity in relation to complex medication management and …

Background Severe mental illness (SMI) incorporates schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, non-
organic psychosis, personality disorder or any other severe and enduring mental health …

Background Anticholinergic medication use is linked with increased cognitive decline,
dementia, falls and mortality, and their use should be limited in older people. Here we …

Many autistic children have feeding problems, typically eating a limited range of foods.
Feeding problems affect quality of life, health, and development. Research suggests that …

Background Older people with multimorbidity are often prescribed multiple medication
treatments, leading to difficulties in self-managing their medications and negative …

Aims To investigate the influence of disability severity level on polypharmacy and the
prescription of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) using health insurance and long …

Introduction Patient mental state deterioration impacts patient outcomes, staff and increases
costs for healthcare organisations. Mental state is broadly defined to include not only mental …

Background: Medication literacy encompasses the cognitive and social skills necessary for
individuals to obtain, comprehend, communicate, calculate, and process medication-related …

Systematic reviews that examine effectiveness of interventions to improve medicines
optimisation do not explain how or why they work. This realist review identified that …

Background Care homes provide long term care for older people. Countries with
standardised approaches to residents' assessment, care planning and review (known as …