Medication Management for Older Adults

Proper drug management for the elderly is challenging. Elderly people may not fully understand the importance of following drug usage and prescribed prescriptions. Commercially available medicines, herbs and supplements may not be considered drugs, so we will not inform the healthcare provider that we are taking medicine. Multiple health care providers may cause repeated orders and side effects. Inappropriate drug management can cause harmful drug events that ultimately lead to hospital admission or lower the ability of the elderly to operate safely.

The elderly often use medicines to treat many chronic diseases, so you must take medication as prescribed. After a medical professional leaves the hospital or clinic, it is necessary for the medical staff to judge that the patient can manage his / her regimen well. In the home, the drug management system ranges from organizational to creative. Some people have difficulty opening vials, there are things that use the "candy dish" law - pour several medicines into the bowl and grab the right medicine at the scheduled time. Some people put medicines in shopping bags and shoe boxes, others cautiously put medicine several weeks ago.

Proper drug management for the elderly is challenging. Elderly people may not fully understand the importance of following drug usage and prescribed prescriptions. Commercially available medicines, herbs and supplements may not be considered drugs, so we will not inform the healthcare provider that we are taking medicine. Multiple health care providers may cause repeated orders and side effects. - Computers are valuable tools in the medical environment that affect how nurses practice in both clinical and nonclinical environments. It is common to check the patient's identity and medication using a barcode and enter the data in a computer database. Is the advancement of this technology really creating a more effective, efficient and satisfying environment for patients and nurses?

Currently, in the medical field, besides behavioral health, there is intervention by mHealth. Among the elderly, mHealth is expanding rapidly to cope with conditions such as cardiovascular disease, pain management, fall detection, compliance with compliance, and remote family health monitoring, but mHealth still remains for behavioral health and the elderly It is in a relevant new stage. This difference may be due to the overall delay in the use of technology in the field of behavioral health compared to other medical disciplines.

Elderly people and mobile technology: factors that promote and inhibit the use of behavioral health