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The four principles of medical ethics – beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice – provide a pragmatic foundation and steadying influence to guide prescribing in older people where the evidence base for efficacy is uncertain and concerns regarding adverse drug reactions are protean. In most cases, the ethical principles are undermined not by intent, but more likely by lack of knowledge,...
Dose form alteration, such as tablet crushing and splitting or capsule opening, is increasingly common in the age care setting. These practices are often used to facilitate enteral drug administration to patients with swallowing difficulties. Careful attention to issues, such as formulation characteristics, drug stability, medicine palatability and physiochemical interactions, is needed to avoid the...
This poster aims to give an overview of the concept behind a project called Vital Mind, which is investigating the user design and technical challenges to facilitate the delivery of cognitive training to older people via interactive digital television.
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