Deprescribing

Availability and readability of patient education materials for deprescribing: An environmental scan – Michael Fajardo et. al.

2019-05-16T12:43:52+10:00Deprescribing, Health literacy, Publications|

Over 1/3 of deprescribing patient education materials (PEMs) present potential benefits and harms of deprescribing indicating most of the freely available materials are not balanced. Most PEMs are pitched above average reading levels making them inaccessible for low health literacy populations.

Decision-Making Preferences and Deprescribing: Perspectives of Older Adults and Companions About Their Medicines – Weir et. al.

2023-01-18T14:19:12+11:00Ageing, Deprescribing, Publications, Shared decision making|

New research published in the Journal of Gerontology has found that there are new ways to characterise older people who take multiple medicines and those who are open to “deprescribing”. This is where medicines are reviewed with a view to reducing or stopping less [...]

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