Identifying determinants of medication non-adherence in patients with multimorbidity would provide a step forward in developing patient-centered strategies to optimize their care. Medication appropriateness has been proposed ...

The current epidemiological context features progressive ageing of the population and an increasing number of multi-morbid persons mostly affected by advanced chronic diseases. This perspective determines an urgency to ...

Objectives: 2 innovative concepts have lately been developed to radically improve the care of patients with advanced chronic conditions (PACC): early identification of palliative care (PC) needs and the 3 end-of-life ...

Background: aging is associated with complex and dynamic changes leading to multimorbidity and, therefore, polypharmacy. A periodic medication review (MR) in frail older people leads to optimizing medication use. The ...

Geriatric care, has been playing a key role in the integration of services. Development of intermediate care is a good example. In modern hospitals alternative services to hospitalization had been developed, especially ...

Background: Anticholinergic and sedative drugs (ASDs) contribute to negative health outcomes, especially in the frail population. In this study, we aimed to assess whether frailty increases with anticholinergic burden and ...

Background: Of deaths in high-income countries, 75% are caused by progressive advanced chronic conditions. Palliative care needs to be extended from terminal cancer to these patients. However, direct measurement of the ...

Aquest projecte vol aportar solucions per afrontar l’atenció de les persones amb complexitat (PCC pacient crònic complexa, MACA malaltia crònica avançada i persones de mes de 85 anys) mitjançant un model d’atenció que va ...