EMPOWERing Hospitalized Older Adults to Deprescribe Sedative Hypnotics: A Pilot Study.
Marnie Goodwin WilsonTodd C LeeAaron HassCara TannenbaumEmily Gibson McDonaldPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2018)
Hospitalized individuals are willing to deprescribe, and contact with the healthcare system provides the opportunity to initiate the process with educational brochures. This type of intervention requires few resources and is feasible and inexpensive.