Health Medical Homework Help

There are many interventions when we point out the difficulties medicating the elderly. Certainly we must start with the saying, “Start low, go slow” This is one of the most popular and abided by phrase in gerontology practice.

Instructions:

1. Read the Polypharmacy in Older Adults at Home article, and then answer the questions: 
   1. What is the current definition of polypharmacy?
   2. What was the definition of polypharmacy and why was it changed?
   3. What two (2) instruments are available to use for the appropriate use of medications in the elderly?
   4. What are the three (3) instruments available to detect for the presence of polypharmacy?
   5. How do these instruments differ from each other?
   6. On page 475 of the article there is a case study about M.L. Do you see any problems with the 13 medications and the two OTC medications?
   7. As in the case study referred  What can she do about the cost of all these medications?
   8. What does the term “iatrogenic” mean?
   9. Is polypharmacy an iatrogenic problem?
   10. Give four (4) causes for polypharmacy today?