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Thank you to Esa Chen, Tinu Abraham and Stefanie Johnston from the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria for attending our celebration for John Coppock’s retirement this week! 💙 Dr Esa Chen

Most pharmacists perceive they are prepared to work onsite in residential aged care. Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10.100… Amy Page Kenneth Lee Debbie Hawthorne Lisa Kouladjian O'Donnell Amanda Cross

Excited to announce our team will expand our work with older people to reduce falls and improve health - thanks to MRFF support! @MegPhysio Catherine Said (she/her) Adam Semciw UWA School of Allied Health Northern Health Western Health WA Health UWA WA Centre for Health & Ageing (WACHA) Amy Page uwa.edu.au/news/article/2…

Funding boost for program to reduce fall injuries in older people A new project led by UWA Research aims to reduce hospital fall injuries and assist recovery in older people has received more than $1.4 million in Federal funding. uwa.edu.au/news/article/2… Anne-Marie Hill Amy Page

Funding boost for program to reduce fall injuries in older people A new project led by UWA Research aims to reduce hospital fall injuries and assist recovery in older people has received more than $1.4 million in Federal funding. uwa.edu.au/news/article/2… Anne-Marie Hill Amy Page

Exciting to be part of this important research led by Anne-Marie Hill

Victorian pharmacists to treat skin conditions from March psa.org.au/victorian-phar…

Come and join us at the 2nd Annual Aged Care Symposium for pharmacists in Adelaide or virtual on 12 April psa.eventsair.com/psa-events/acs…

We looked at medication regimens of older people living in residential aged care from the day of admission and followed them up for two years. People used more medicines if they had more prescribers. Continuity of care matters authors.elsevier.com/a/1ikKO5QyCqJ~…

Great #SAPharmacy Research Seminar today looking at 1) health professionals perceptions of the role of hospital pharmacists and 2) health disinformation via generative AI Check out Kirsten & Brad's work via the links below: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… academic.oup.com/intqhc/article…

Turning over a new page Cute headline Amy Page Kenneth Lee Great news! Congratulations to you both on your leadership appointments on the launch of the Centre for Optimisation of Medicines ! - ajp.com.au/news/turning-o…

A new systematic review includes 286 papers that evaluate the impact of #deprescribing in older people, focusing on the outcomes of discontinuing unnecessary medications. bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Kenneth Lee Chris Beer Amanda Quek Debbie Hawthorne

🧓An analysis undertaken at #UWA evaluated the impact of #deprescribing unnecessary medication for older people and found it can improve survival rates if initiated early. 💊 UWA Research UWA School of Allied Health UWA WA Centre for Health & Ageing (WACHA) uwa.au/8kjsnn

So privileged to be part of this mammoth review led by Hui Wen Quek. An additional 153 studies identified in this updated review hints at the staggering growth in the field of Deprescribing. Amy Page Debbie Hawthorne

Deprescribing for older people in hospital followed up for 12 months was tested in the AusTAPER study. We showed that a structured, collaborative medication review can reduce meds and save costs with no change to health outcomes. #Deprescribing doi.org/10.1111/imj.16…

This World Diabetes Day, we celebrate our Aust Department of Education grant that will provide essential upskilling for optometrists, exercise physiologists, physiotherapists, pharmacists, podiatrists and dietitians in Diabetes Education uwa.edu.au/study/courses-… Australian Diabetes Educators Association

Our Aust Department of Education grant demonstrates commitment to achieving the workforce goals of the Australian National Diabetes Strategy to ⬆️ diabetes educators workforce and upskill the generalist allied health workforce. Australian Diabetes Educators Association uwa.edu.au/study/courses-…

How do you count polypharmacy? By the number of active ingredients or unique products? We measured it, there’s a difference and it is significant! Full manuscript now available at @IntJClinPharm doi.org/10.1007/s11096… Amy Page Sarah M Hosking IMPACT @deakinresearch UWA School of Allied Health

People who use combination medicines may or may not be captured as having #polypharmacy depending on whether the active ingredients in each product are considered. Read more about measuring polypharmacy in our new publication: doi.org/10.1007/s11096…