Course: Supporting Medicine Use by Older People with Visual and/or Hearing Impairment

Welcome to this course on supporting safe and effective medicines management for older people with sensory impairment. This course was developed for Health and Social Care Professionals (HSCPs) but will …

Safe disposal of surplus, unwanted or expired medicines Safe disposal of expired, unwanted or unused medicines by patients is a major challenge wordwide. Disposal of medicines is subject to legislation …

Older people are more likely than younger people to use multiple medicines. We look in more detail at how ageing might affect the number of long-term health conditions. We also …

This is an introduction to the learning outcomes for week 2. The focus of this week is the different challenges that older people with sensory impairment might experience.