Are residents of aged care facilities willing to have their medications deprescribed?

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There has been recent interest in deprescribing, particularly among older people. No previous studies have assessed whether residents of aged care facilities are willing to have their medications deprescribed. Understanding residents' attitudes toward deprescribing is important for developing deprescribing interventions.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Res Social Adm Pharm

Title: Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1934-8150

ISSN (Print): 1551-7411

Publication date (Electronic): February 7 2016

Volume: 12

Issue: 5

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[1 ] Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, 3052 Melbourne, Australia.

[2 ] Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, 3052 Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: barbara.wimmer@monash.edu.

[3 ] Resthaven Incorporated, Adelaide, Australia.

[4 ] NHMRC Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Departments of Clinical Pharmacology and Aged Care, Royal North Shore Hospital & Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

[5 ] Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, 3052 Melbourne, Australia; NHMRC Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.

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Publisher Item ID: S1551-7411(15)00278-8

DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2015.12.004

PubMed ID: 26850702

SO-VID: 2e6aec18-f746-43b7-84df-5c4cc71105f3

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Keywords: Aged,Attitudes toward deprescribing,Polypharmacy,Long-term care,Deprescribing

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Keywords: Aged, Attitudes toward deprescribing, Polypharmacy, Long-term care, Deprescribing

Are residents of aged care facilities willing to have their medications deprescribed?

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