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Older people's health

Improve older people's health with pharmacy training online CPD and OTC courses.

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Older people's health

Supporting older people

The potential for pharmacy teams to improve older patients' health and wellbeing is huge, particularly with those discharged from hospital.

08 Aug 2016 , 5 Min Article

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Older people's health

Older people's health

This team training module focuses on older people's health and in particular, those who have been discharged from hospital.

08 Aug 2016 , 900 Min Module

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Older people's health

Vitamin D

This Pharmacy Scenario focuses on vitamin D.

25 Jul 2016 , 2 Min Article

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Older people's health

Train your team: Older people's health

This Train Your Team checklist provides support and information to run a team training session on older people's health

19 Jul 2016 , 1 Min Article

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Diabetes

UKCPA viewpoint: Diabetes and the elderly

All pharmacists can help reduce the risk of hypoglycaemia and its related consequences in the elderly

19 Jul 2016 , 1 Min Article

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Mental health

Mental capacity: part two

The second article in our latest CPPE series looking at mental capacity.

18 Jul 2016 , 900 Min Module

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Older people's health

Help customers enjoy an active older age

Healthy life expectancy is now 66 years for women and 64 for men. Can this be improved?

14 Jul 2016 , 5 Min Article

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Dementia incidence is dropping, study finds

Dementia incidence in people aged over 65 years has dropped by 20 per cent since the early 1990s

25 May 2016 , 2 Min Article

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Older people's health

Medicines optimisation in care homes

This CPD module covers medicines optimisation by pharmacists for care home residents

01 May 2016 , 900 Min Module

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Older people's health

Joint talk

Pharmacies getting involved with Arthritis Care Week can help their customers better understand how to live with the condition.

28 Apr 2016 , 2 Min Article

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Older people's health

Medicines optimisation in care homes

This CPD module provides an overview on medicines optimisation in care homes.

19 Apr 2016 , 900 Min Module

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Older people's health

UKCPA Viewpoint: Taking care closer to home...

When dealing with frail elderly people at home, important considerations need to be taken into account.

02 Mar 2016 , 1 Min Article

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First aid & wound care: Sounding the alarm

It is important that pharmacists know when to raise the alarm if leg ulcers aren’t healing as expected

23 Feb 2016 , 5 Min Article

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Older people's health

Polypharmacy increases elderly hospitalisations

Polypharmacy and other factors associated with increased risks of hospitalisation among nursing home residents

28 Jan 2016 , 1 Min Article

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Older people's health

Inequalities persist in dementia prescribing

A new study reveals that inequalities in anti-dementia drug (ADD) prescribing persist in England

18 Jan 2016 , 1 Min Article

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Older people's health

Caring for carers

One in eight adults in the UK is a carer and numbers are set to increase to nine million people by 2037.

25 Nov 2015 , 4 Min Article

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