Polypharmacy
By Dementia Training Australia
- Enhanced Practice
- 30 minutes
- Online Module
Expand your understanding of why older people living with dementia so often use multiple medicines, and why this can be a problem. This is module 1 in the 2-part module series: Reducing medicines in people living with dementia
Domains:
Physical Wellbeing
Location:
nationally
Cost:
fully-subsidised
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) :
30 minutes
Learning Outcomes
After completing this module, staff should be able to:
- Identify aged care residents at risk from their use of multiple medicines.
- Describe the difference between medicine use for prevention and symptom control.
- Explain why many conditions may be best managed without the use of medicine.
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