Deprescribing in older adults- What we know

About this episode

This episode discusses the process of deprescribing medications in older adults to improve their health outcomes.

Send us Fan Mail Episode Overview: Deprescribing is not the withdrawal of care—it is a sophisticated, highly planned, and person-centred element of good prescribing. In this episode of Synapse, we unpack the clinical mechanics of safely reducing or stopping medications in older adults experiencing polypharmacy. Drawing directly from the latest Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing (WACHA) Clinical Practice Guidelines, we move past broad generalizations to give you the exact timeline...

People in this episode

Host: Mukul Modgil

Topics covered

• deprescribing
• older adults
• polypharmacy
• clinical practice
• medication management

Keywords

• deprescribing
• older adults
• polypharmacy
• medications
• clinical guidelines

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing

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