Pharmacists now have the opportunity to get dementia specific training thanks to a new online course developed by Dementia Training Australia.
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Peak requests $17 million to test in-facility pharmacist model
The peak body representing Australian pharmacists is calling for funding to test an in-house pharmacist model to improve medication safety in residential aged care in its budget submission.
Pharmacy app offers home-delivery medications
Older Australians will be able to get medication and over-the counter products like hearing aid batteries delivered to their homes using Australia’s first pharmacy delivery app.
Review finds high level of inappropriate prescriptions for home nursing patients
The prevalence of potentially inappropriate medicines among home nursing clients is very high, a study has found, with three quarters of this group taking drugs linked to a risk of adverse events including falls and hospitalisation.
