Purpose: screening tool of older people's prescriptions (STOPP) and screening tool to alert
to right treatment (START) criteria were first published in 2008. Due to an expanding …

Background A range of health workforce strategies are needed to address health service
demands in low‐, middle‐and high‐income countries. Non‐medical prescribing involves …

Purpose The aim of the study was to develop a European list of potentially inappropriate
medications (PIM) for older people, which can be used for the analysis and comparison of …

Purpose The quality of drug therapy is an important issue for nursing homes. This study
aimed to assess the prevalence of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications …

OBJECTIVES To determine if antibiotic prescribing in community nursing homes (NHs) can
be reduced by a multicomponent antibiotic stewardship intervention implemented by …

BACKGROUND Inappropriate prescribing is a highly important problem, given the growing
aging multimorbid population with associated polypharmacy. An increasing number of …

Abstract Background The Beers and the STOPP/START lists have recently been updated to
further improve appropriate prescribing in older patients. Objective To compare Beers (2003 …

Background Seniors with severe dementia residing in nursing homes (NHs) frequently
receive large numbers of medications. With disease progression, the medications' harm …

Background: The outlook of administrative staff and registered nurses (RNs) plays a critical
role in the management of nursing homes. No previous study has compared the outcomes of …

OBJECTIVE: Constipation is one of the most common medical complications of acute stroke.
Currently, management strategies to guide clinical practice are limited. This review aimed to …