title: Connecting with assisted living consumers.
abstract: Connecting with residents and their family members should be considered an integral part of medication therapy management services that pharmacists provide to assisted living communities. This article provides suggestions on how pharmacists can better connect and communicate with current and future assisted-living consumers and staff to optimize medication use, maintain resident function, and help residents age in place.
authors.affiliation: Cameron Senior Care Services, LLC, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Kathleen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: Jackie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinkowitz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D040561:Assisted Living Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003142:Communication; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D054539:Medication Therapy Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024382:Professional Role; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations