Understanding the progressive nature of dementia can help in the decision to continue or discontinue dementia medications in patients on hospice care for end-stage dementia. Goals change as patients progress…
Hospice patients often communicate allergies to medications. When the medication is an opioid, hospice staff often have to determine whether the reaction that the patient believed to be an allergy…
Meeting the Conditions of Participations (CoPs) medication review requirements is important. However, even more important is ensuring that the pharmacist performing the reviews is aware of all pertinent patient co-morbidities. …