Background Older people living with frailty are often exposed to polypharmacy and potential
harm from medications. Targeted deprescribing in this population represents an important …

Background Harmful and/or unnecessary medication use in older adults is common. This
indicates deprescribing (supervised withdrawal of inappropriate medicines) is not …

OBJECTIVES Polypharmacy is common, costly, and harmful for hospitalized older adults.
Scalable strategies to reduce the burden of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are …

Over half of older adults experience polypharmacy, including medications that may be
inappropriate or unnecessary. Deprescribing, which is the process of discontinuing or …

Background Polypharmacy is common in older adults with cognitive impairment and multiple
chronic conditions, increasing risks of adverse drug events, hospitalization, and death …

Objective To assess how age‐friendly deprescribing trials are regarding intervention design
and outcome assessment. Reduced use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) can …

Objectives To describe the extent, characteristics, and knowledge gaps regarding explicit
decision criteria for deprescribing drugs with anticholinergic or sedative properties …

Canadians spend more on end-of-life care than other high-income countries, including the
United States, yet we achieve poor results compared to most. There are structural factors …

Background and objective: There are barriers to deprescription that hinder its
implementation in clinical practice. The objective of this study was to analyse the main …

Abstract Background and Objectives Potentially inappropriate medication refers to the
prescription of drugs whose risks outweigh the benefits. There are different …