Many practical problems medicine use of elderly people

29 October 2015

Almost all elderly people experience many practical problems in the use of medicines. For example in reading the patient information leaflet, use of the packaging, preparing the medicines for use or administration. This can result in the incorrect use of medicines and may have clinical consequences.
The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the environment and the University of Utrecht did research on which practical problems elderly people (70+) experience in the use of medicines at home, and how they try to solve these problems. Part of the research was checking whether these problems can have clinical consequences (News item RIVM, 29 September 2015).
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