People are living longer and with more chronic health conditions – including heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and dementia – than ever before. As societies continue to grow older, one pressing concern is the use of multiple medications, a phenomenon known ...

New research suggests a rivalry between industry bodies as to who should be in charge of medication reviews is leading to preventable hospitalisations and deaths of people in aged care homes. Up to 91 per cent of aged care residents are ...

Over half of elderly residents on antipsychotics have no diagnosis for psychosis, a national report has shown, reigniting calls to embed trained pharmacists into aged care.  Last week, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) released its first quarterly ...

People with dementia entering aged care experience higher increases in medication when changing GPs, a recent study has found. UNSW researchers analysed data from 2,250 people with dementia who had entered residential care from the Saxs Institute's 45 and Up ...