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  2. Beers criteria - Wikipedia

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    The Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults, commonly called the Beers List, [1] are guidelines published by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) for healthcare professionals to help improve the safety of prescribing medications for adults 65 years and older in all except palliative settings.

  3. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence - Wikipedia

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    As of August 2013, NICE and the NCCSC had scheduled guidance delivery for five topics: domiciliary care, older adults with long-term conditions, transition between health and social care settings, transition from children's to adults' services and child abuse and neglect.

  4. British National Formulary - Wikipedia

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    The British National Formulary (BNF) is a United Kingdom (UK) pharmaceutical reference book that contains a wide spectrum of information and advice on prescribing and pharmacology, along with specific facts and details about many medicines available on the UK National Health Service (NHS).

  5. As a doctor, I want patients, especially elderly ones, to ...

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    As a physician and researcher who works with elderly patients daily, I want them to have access to options that would relieve their chronic pain without the risk of addiction. But access is the ...

  6. Polypharmacy - Wikipedia

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    A prescribing cascade occurs when a person is prescribed a drug and experiences an adverse drug effect that is misinterpreted as a new medical condition, so the patient is prescribed another drug. [20] Polypharmacy also increases the burden of medication taking particularly in older people and is associated with medication non-adherence. [21]

  7. Warding off dementia means more reading, praying and ... - AOL

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    To ward off dementia, older adults may want to spend more time reading, praying, crafting, listening to music and engaging in other mentally stimulating behaviors, a new study says.