PPR-062 - Deprescribing for older people living in residential aged care facilities: Pharmacist recommendations, doctor acceptance and implementation

• At: Copenhagen (Denmark) (2025)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: PPR-062
• By: QUEK, Hui Wen (Centre for Optimisation of Medicines, School of Allied Health, The University of Western Australia, Australia)
• Co-author(s): Hui Wen Quek (Centre for Optimisation of Medicines, School of Allied Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia)
  Christopher Etherton-Beer (Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing, The University of Western Australia and Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia)
  Amy Page (Centre for Optimisation of Medicines, School of Allied Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia)
  Andrew J McLachlan (Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
  Sarita Y Lo (Centre for Education and Research on Ageing, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia; Concord Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Northern Clinical School, The University of Sydney and Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia)
  Vasi Naganathan (Centre for Education and Research on Ageing, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia; Concord Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
  Leanne Kearney (Centre for Education and Research on Ageing, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia)
  Sarah N Hilmer (Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Northern Clinical School, The University of Sydney and Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia)
  Tracy Comans (Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, University Drive Meadowbrook, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
  Derelie Mangin (Primary Care Research Unit, Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences, The University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand)
  Richard Lindley (Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney and The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
  Kathleen Potter (Western Australia Centre for Health and Aging, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; Ryman Healthcare, Christchurch, New Zealand)
  
• Abstract:

  Introduction: Medication management in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) is commonly reported as suboptimal. Polypharmacy (defined as the concurrent use of multiple medications) is highly prevalent in RACFs due to the increasing number of comorbidities in older people that necessitate pharmacological treatment. Deprescribing has been..

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