Medication Management in Older Adults

About this book

This book will present available evidence on research interventions and strategies to reduce the incidence of medication errors. This will include discussion regarding common errors and present the best available evidence related to the identification and management of medication incidents (errors) associated with the prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines in the older person in the acute, subacute, and residential care settings.

Written for:

Geriatricians, internal medicine physicians, family practice physicians, physicians in a range of other fields, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses

Table of contents

1. Is There A Problem? The Evidence Of Types and Causes Of Medication Errors By Health Care Workers.
   Michael Murray, MBBS, MPH, FRACP. Director of Geriatric Medicine, St Vincent’s Health, Melbourne, Australia
2. Quality Use Of Medicines: History And Progress In Policy And Practice.
   Sue Hunt, PhD(c)
3. The Ethics Of Prescribing Medications For Older Adults
   David Le Couteur, PhD, MBBS (Hons I), Grad Cert Ed, FRACP.
   Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Centre for Education & Research on Ageing, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia
4. Common Medication Errors In The Acute Care Sector
   Susan Koch, PhD. Associate Professor, Gerontic Nursing at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Director of Nursing Research at the La Trobe Alfred Clinical School and Director of Australian Centre for Evidence Based (ACEBAC).
   Helen Forbes, BAppSc (AdvNurs) (La Trobe), MEdSt (Monash) Lecturer, La Trobe/The Alfred Clinical School of Nursing, Melbourne, Australia
   Pauline Wong. Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics; Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Nursing (Clinical Nursing Education; Bachelor of Nursing (Honours). Lecturer/ Coordinator, Postgraduate Diploma of Nursing Science/ Graduate Certificate in Intensive Care la Trobe/ The Alfred Clinical School of Nursing, Melbourne, Australia
5. Common Medication Errors In Long-Term Care Settings.
   Cathie Edgar. SEN, RN, Dip App Sci (Nsg); Grad Dip Neurosciences; MNS. Clinical Nurse Educator Bundoora Extended Care Centre.
6. The Impact Of Medication On Nutritional Status Of Older People.
   Yvonne Coleman. B App Sci (Fd Sci & Nutn), G Dip Diet, G Dip Hlth Ed & Prom
7. Best Practices In Medication Management
   Brent Hodgkinson (Grad Cert Health Economics, Grad. Cert. Public Health MSc. Physiology, BSc. Biochemistry Honours) Research Fellow University of Queensland
   David le Couteur, PhD. MBBS (Hons I), Grad Cert Ed, FRACP
   Geriatrician, Clinical Pharmacologist and General Physician, Centre for Education and Research on Ageing
8. Misuse of Formulations.
   Professor Andrew McLachlan, PhD, BPharm, Professor of Pharmacy (Aged Care), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney and the Centre for Education and Research on Ageing, Concord RG Hospital, Concord Repatriation General Hospital
9. Electronic Health Records, Medications, and Long-Term Care
   F. Michael Gloth, MD, III (Associate Professor of Medicine
   Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
10. Computerized Order Entry
    F. Michael Gloth, MD, III (Associate Professor of Medicine
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
11. Inappropriate Prescribing – Beers Criteria, Polypharmacy, and Drug Burden.
    F. Michael Gloth, MD, III (Associate Professor of Medicine
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
12. Dosing Errors: Age-Related Changes in Pharmacokinetics.
    Andrew McLachlan, Sarah Hilmer and David Le Couteur