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Overview

This session explores the complexities of managing multiple medications in older adults, highlighting the risks associated with polypharmacy and strategies for safe deprescribing. Learn tips and pearls to optimize medication regimens, reduce adverse drug events, and enhance patient outcomes. Ideal for healthcare professionals seeking to improve geriatric pharmacotherapy through evidence-based approaches.

Learning Objectives

  • Define polypharmacy and identify its common causes and consequences in older adult populations.
  • Describe evidence-based strategies for deprescribing, including patient-centered approaches and shared decision-making
  • Recognize high-risk medications and apply available tools and criteria to evaluate potentially inappropriate prescriptions