Older people (aged 65 years and over) are the fastest growing age cohort in the majority of
developed countries, and the proportion of individuals defined as the oldest old (aged 80 …

Background The medication expertise of pharmacists is widely acknowledged and there is
ongoing interest in their potential role to reduce medication-related harm amongst residents …

Background The concept of pharmaceutical care is operationalized through pharmaceutical
professional services, which are patient-oriented to optimize their pharmacotherapy and to …

Background & aims Malnutrition is common in care home residents, but information on the
cost-effectiveness of nutritional interventions is lacking. This study, involving a randomised …

Objectives With 70% of care home residents experiencing a medication error every day in
the UK, better multi-professional working between medical practitioners, pharmacists and …

Objective Older adults in long-term care (LTC) are often frail and comorbid and have
multiple medications. Although medication review by pharmacists has been integrated into …

Background The role of the pharmacist has evolved greatly over the last decades,
expanding to patient-oriented activities, administrative tasks and public health functions …

Objectives To develop a training programme to enable pharmacists with prescribing rights to
assume responsibility for the provision of pharmaceutical care within care homes, a …

Background: The aim of this study is to identify the barriers and facilitators in dementia care
with respect to information provision, communication, and collaboration from the …

Objectives To evaluate an implementation programme of a community pharmacy medication
review with follow-up (MRF) service using a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study …