Medication use in aged care residents in the last year of life: A scoping review.

Charlotte AitkenMichal BoydLorraine NielsenAileen Collier

Published in: Palliative medicine (2020)

Number of prescriptions or blunt categorisations of medications to assess their appropriateness are unlikely to be sufficient to promote well-being and medication safety for older people in residential aged care in the final stages of life.

Keyphrases

healthcare
palliative care
quality improvement
pain management
emergency department
chronic pain
trauma patients