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Pharmacist's role in dementia
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- Pharmacy (MPHARM)
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- University Of Hertfordshire
Summarises the pharmacist's role in dementia and medication optimising
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Dementia - Pharmacist’s role - 8.11⚡ Learning outcomes:
Medicines optimisation
⚡ References:
Medicines optimisation in dementia: the role of the community pharmacist Oswald, K, PJ
July 2017
How pharmacists can help their dementia patients, Riachi, M CPJ March/ April 2016
Wessex Pharmacy Local Professional Network, documents
The Maudsley guidelines 2020
Dementia Care: a practical approach, Smith G, Taylor and Francis
Greater Manchester dementia-friendly pharmacy framework
⚡ Medicines optimisation:
Identify key patient needs and aims/ goals of treatment
Deprescribe where possible
choice of meds?
How to deprescribe-titration
Patient adherence-can it be improved?
Identify covert
Co-morbid conditions are progressing too!
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, Particularly important with vascular dementia – blood pressure? Lipids? Not all issues are
caused by dementia - could be UTI etc. - hence things like the following need to be looked
at…
May not always be dementia the patient is suffering from - could be issues electrolytes
imbalances.
⚡ Support for care home staff:
Training - need more.
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