2017
DOI: 10.1177/0897190017710524
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Medication Adherence in Older Patients With Dementia: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract: Older patients with dementia have a low level of medication adherence. Future research should focus on the development and implementation of interventions to help older patients with dementia and their caregivers make better use of medications.

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“…Medication adherence presents a considerable challenge, particularly for older people with dementia, whose progressive cognitive decline along with age‐related changes affects their ability to self‐manage their condition . Consequently, they often rely on their family carers, who eventually take over the responsibility of medication management .…”
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“…Medication adherence presents a considerable challenge, particularly for older people with dementia, whose progressive cognitive decline along with age‐related changes affects their ability to self‐manage their condition . Consequently, they often rely on their family carers, who eventually take over the responsibility of medication management .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Medication adherence presents a considerable challenge, particularly for older people with dementia, whose progressive cognitive decline along with age‐related changes affects their ability to self‐manage their condition . Consequently, they often rely on their family carers, who eventually take over the responsibility of medication management . The complexity of the medication regimen, as well as the burden of caring, make medication management challenging for carers, sometimes leading to suboptimal medication adherence, which, in turn, may lead to detrimental effects on treatment outcomes and burden of disease .…”
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“…; El‐Saifi et al. ) and higher potential vulnerability to care fragmentation. We focused on antihypertensive agents because hypertension is the most common chronic condition affecting patients with dementia (Maslow ; Schubert et al.…”
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