Hobart Medications in Aged Care 2022

Consultant Pharmacy Services

A  full day seminar covering many aspects of the role of medications managing common conditions in the elderly.

C3 convention centre

Medications in the ElderlyAn overview of how medications work, how elderly patients absorb, metabolise, distribute and eliminate medications differently.Psychotropics and Chemical Restraint in Aged Care The problems with use of psychotropics in older people. What is Chemical Restraint and how should this be managed?Insomnia in the Elderly How sleep differs in the elderly. Problems with current “sleeping tablets”. Deprescribing of benzodiazepines.Supplements - separating the wheat from the chaffMultivitamins, Vitamin D, Calcium, Magnesium, B12, Thiamine, Vitamin C. When are supplements beneficial in older people, and when are they not. Atrial fibrillation and anticoagulationAn overview of Atrial Fibrillation and the risks/benefits of treatment in older people. Is there still a role for warfarin in aged care? Nausea and VomitingCommon causes and management of nausea and vomiting in the elderlyChronic Pain and the role of Opioids and Pregabalin Modern pain science. Efficacy and adverse effects of opioids. Pregabalin and its issues.

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