Medicines management issues in dementia and coping strategies used by people living with dementia and family carers: A systematic review

ConclusionsMedicines management is a complex set of activities and although current coping strategies exists, these were primarily used by family carers or the person with dementia ‐carer dyad. Health and social care practitioners and researchers should seek to understand in‐depth the “mechanisms of action” of existing coping strategies and actively involve people with dementia as co‐producers of knowledge to underpin any further work on medicines management.
Source: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - Category: Geriatrics Authors: Tags: REVIEW ARTICLE Source Type: research