Deprescribing education needs to start at the same time as prescribing education. Thanks for this call to action! Need the same for Medical/NP/PA programs.

deprescribing.org Thanks for this - so important for people to be active partners in their care. Prescribers need training in this too! i.e. how to encourage and be receptive to activated patients.

Great study - especially the use of a behavior change model to strengthening the theoretical underpinnings of #deprescribing

Leveraging implementation science to increase the translation of deprescribing evidence into practice pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34147372/

Loneliness, Aging, and Polypharmacy - Doctors advised to try 'social prescribing' in place of more meds - Article highlights the intersection of #whatMatters and #Medication, part of the 4Ms of #AgeFriendly care. Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) CatholicHealthAssoc American Hospital Association medpagetoday.com/geriatrics/gen…

#USDeN2022 Wednesday, May 11th next year in Orlando. Be there or be square.

A daughter sits down to tell her mother’s story so we can all be reminded of the importance of careful prescribing and deprescribing, and many other important lessons that we can carry with us prevent our older adult patients suffering as Alice did.

Indeed. As with many common medications, we often overestimate the benefits and underestimate the harms.

Excited to hear Robert Wahler discuss what Team Alice | University at Buffalo learned through their US Deprescribing Research Network (USDeN) planning grant. #USDeN2022Live

Alice’s daughter shares the story that led to the formation of #UBTeamAlice to drive #deprescribing. Team Alice is excited to see Alice’s story being shared widely with older adults and their caregivers.

Check this out - short videos with patients sharing what primary care needs to them p4pc.org

Lost in translation | British Geriatrics Society bgs.org.uk/blog/lost-in-t…

Some important observations on health literacy as a barrier to #deprescribing bgs.org.uk/blog/lost-in-t…

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