Nursing Home Residents' Thoughts on Discussing Deprescribing of Preventive Medications.

Wade ThompsonIda Theemann JacobsenDorte Ejg JarbølPeter HaastrupJesper Bo NielsenCarina Lundby

Published in: Drugs & aging (2020)

The interviewed nursing home residents could not imagine how they might discuss potential deprescribing of preventive medications with their physician, and what topics would be important. Future work should explore how nursing home residents can be encouraged to be part of such discussions and investigate ways to have residents share their goals and preferences regarding deprescribing.

Keyphrases

emergency department
primary care
decision making
public health
human health
global health
risk assessment