Dr Erica Stewart, Centenary Institute[/caption]
Chelsea Felkai, MPS[/caption]
Working with the nursing staff to understand when PRN (as required) chemical restraint might be used, and ensuring other options have been exhausted first, has shown the most reduction in how much psychotropic medications have been used so far. The numbers are relatively small, but to be honest, this is largely because the facility had great protocols to begin with.
Dr Natalie Soulsby FPS[/caption]
Associate Professor Luke Grzeskowiak[/caption]
All pharmacists should consider off-site vaccinations in aged care
Vaccination rates in older Australians are alarmingly low. Off-site services provided by pharmacists are key to closing the gap in aged care.
Travel health: ready for take-off
Turning informal advice into a structured consultation service: pharmacy-based travel health services take flight.
Q&A: Jacqueline Meyer MPS
As newly-appointed PSA Queensland President, Jacqueline Meyer has extensive experience in community pharmacy, especially in regional areas across Australia.
Ms Meyer – former Chair...
Positive Intervention
A review of aged care patients’ medicines can reduce harm.
Welcome change is coming for government-funded residential aged care facilities (RACFs) with the investment in...
A preventable tragedy that changed drug approval forever
Thalidomide’s period of use may have been short but its ramifications have lasted decades, both for people who suffer deformities from its effects and...
Front of mind
Pharmacists are the most approachable of all health professionals and have a powerful role to play in addressing community mental health challenges.
