For older people and frail people, the long-term benefit of medicines reduces and the potential for harm from adverse effects increases. When the benefit–risk balance changes in this way, medicine review and optimisation are important to simplify the therapeutic regimen, reduce inappropriate medicines and minimise risks. In this article, pharmacist prescriber Linda Bryant uses two case studies to illustrate important considerations during medicine reviews
The village people: Nurse practitioner academic tackles stigma of loneliness among the elderly
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The village people: Nurse practitioner academic tackles stigma of loneliness among the elderly
Wednesday 15 July 2020, 05:15 AM

Gerontology nurse practitioner and academic Michal Boyd points to a stigma around loneliness
Living in a retirement village may decrease older people’s social isolation, but doesn’t necessarily make them less lonely, says University of Aucklan
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References
Boyd M, Calvert C, Tatton A, et al. Lonely in a crowd: Loneliness in New Zealand retirement village residents. Int Psychogeriatr 2020 (online 15 April).