title: [Pharmaceutical care in a social-healthcare center].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To reflect the activity of the pharmacy department within the nursing home s multidisciplinary team, and to assess care improvements received by residents, including a better use of drugs.
  
  
  METHODS
  In addition to pharmacotherapeutical guidelines and a standardized work procedure listing generic and therapeutic replacements to be implemented, selected procedures were specified in order to ensure a rational use of drugs and to increase the quality of care received by residents in our center. Such procedures will be performed by the center s multidisciplinary team and will focus on caring the caring for so-called geriatric syndromes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After an assessment of treatments for 125 patients and a 3-month follow-up, 10 interventions per patient were performed, out of which 4.74 were pharmacist interventions and 5.26 were to increase quality of care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The presence of the pharmacy department within the multidisciplinary team ensures a better use of drugs and a safe delivery system. Its activity contributes to improve quality of care, most notably procedures regarding nutritional status, and the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Farmacia, Residencia La Vaguada, Pamplona. farmacia@seresgerna.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García-Mina Freire
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Giménez Poderós
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: García Fernández
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Martínez Velilla
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Beloqui Lizaso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arrondo Velasco
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005853:Geriatrics; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services / Q000592:standards*