Prospective Association Between the Dispensing of Antidepressants and of Medications to Treat Osteoporosis in Older Age authors.elsevier.com/a/1i0lD3o67zfP…

Health morbidities associated with the dispensing of lithium to males and females: Cross-sectional analysis of the 10 % Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme sample for 2022 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Lithium Dispensed for Adults Aged ≥ 50 Years Between 2012 and 2021: Analyses of a 10% Sample of the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme ajgponline.org/article/S1064-…

Theoretical Underpinnings of a Model to Reduce Polypharmacy and Its Negative Health Effects: Introducing the Team Approach to Polypharmacy Evaluation and Reduction (TAPER) link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Deprescribing considerations for older people in general practice doi.org/10.31128/ajgp-…

Effect of antivirals for COVID-19 on the mortality of older adults dispensed treatment with lithium, antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics and hypnotics journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Effect of antivirals for COVID-19 on the mortality of older adults dispensed treatment with lithium, antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics and hypnotics now published in ustralian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry and is available at doi.org/10.1177/000486…

A health economics analysis finds deprescribing could save between $1m and $16m annually for older people in residential aged care if rolled out across Australia Amy Page @DeeMangin Tracy Comans jamda.com/article/S1525-…

OptiMed deprescribing study was a double-blind RCT in RACFs where two pharmacists chose the medicines to target for withdrawal. Baseline: bit.ly/3ucx6oG Outcomes: bit.ly/3Owi8Rj Process: bit.ly/3SHtVP8 Economic analysis: bit.ly/3SoXKTa

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

Do hearing aids hold the key to delaying cognitive decline? Researchers from UWA, Ear Science Institute Australia & UWA WA Centre for Health & Ageing (WACHA) have joined forces to answer that question with the #HearCog trial🧠👂 #UWA UWA Research uwa.edu.au/news/article/2…

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

Listening to our amazing Elder on Noongar country Dr Marion Kickett talk about her writing -our Boorloo culture! UWA School of Health and Clinical Sciences UWA WA Centre for Health & Ageing (WACHA) WA Centre for Rural Health @MegPhysio Catherine Said (she/her) RPH Research Foundation City of Perth

Healthy ageing ! It’s what we are all about at WACHA ! UWA WA Centre for Health & Ageing (WACHA) UWA School of Health and Clinical Sciences RPH Research Foundation Dr Jacqueline Francis-Coad Melbourne Academic Centre for Health @MegPhysio

WACHA see what older people and experts are saying about falls and cognitive impairment onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… maturitas.org/article/S0378-… UWA WA Centre for Health & Ageing (WACHA) UWA School of Health and Clinical Sciences @MegPhysio RPH Research Foundation

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 Amy Page

🧓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

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…

Cheng Yen Loo Exciting day on falls prevention thanks all at Western Health - forging teams to improve our patients’ outcomes UWA School of Health and Clinical Sciences UWA WA Centre for Health & Ageing (WACHA) Melbourne Academic Centre for Health @MegPhysio Catherine Said (she/her)