A rapid review of interventions to improve medicine self-management for older people living at home.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As people age, they are more likely to develop multiple long-term conditions that require complicated medicine regimens. Safely self-managing multiple medicines at home is challenging and how older people can be better supported to do so has not been fully explored.

Aim

This study aimed to identify interventions to improve medicine self-management for older people living at home and the aspects of medicine self-management that they address.

Design

A rapid review was undertaken of publications up to April 2022. Eight databases were searched. Inclusion criteria were as follows: interventions aimed at people 65 years of age or older and their informal carers, living at home. Interventions needed to include at least one component of medicine self-management. St

SUBMITTER: Previdoli G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10154809 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature