title: Medication management in the home.
abstract: Medication management in home care patients differs from medication management in other settings. Medication choice among home care patients may be improved by a comprehensive geriatric assessment in the patient's home. Technological advances have improved the choices of drugs, routes of drug administration, and monitoring devices available at home. Other special aspects of medication management in the home include long-term ambulatory monitoring of complex drug regimens, the initiation of high-risk medication therapies, compliance aids for functionally impaired patients, and methods for an interdisciplinary team approach to health care.
authors.affiliation: Sepulveda Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, California.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Stuck
authors.forename: I Y
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Tamai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010349:Patient Compliance