RESEARCHERS at Monash University and Flinders University have created a series of educational videos designed to support the safer and more appropriate use of psychotropic medications for people living with dementia and in residential aged care.
The video series was designed to support translation of key recommendations and good practice statements from the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Psychotropic Medications in People Living with Dementia and in Residential Aged Care.
Comprising 12 short, practical modules (approximately five to seven minutes each) the videos cover key topics including initiation, monitoring and discontinuation of antipsychotics, antidepressants and benzodiazepines.
Developed by researchers from The Centre for Medicine Use and Safety (CMUS) within the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) and the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University, the videos were based on the EMBRACE trial, which explored the role of pharmacist 'knowledge brokers' in supporting implementation of the guidelines.
"Our knowledge broker pharmacists in the EMBRACE trial were able to leverage the benefits of the small group, targeted education to help empower aged care staff to be advocates for appropriate use of psychotropic medications," explained Dr Amanda Cross, senior research fellow from CMUS.
"This video series represents an exciting new resource that aged care onsite pharmacists could use to support quality use of medicines," she said.
The videos are part of a broader resource suite that includes a companion guide in six languages, nine medication fact sheets and a curated inventory of existing quality use of medicines resources.
Access the suite HERE.
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