Aging Well With Fewer Medications

Ireland, Gordon A.

doi:10.1177/0002764296039003007

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“…Many older adults think the health care system has an answer for every malady in the form of medicine (Ireland, 1996). Therefore, health care providers have a responsibility to shift older adults away from this belief system to one correlating lifestyle choices with health outcomes.…”

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“…Therefore, health care providers have a responsibility to shift older adults away from this belief system to one correlating lifestyle choices with health outcomes. Physical activity, healthy eating, smoking cessation, moderate to no alcohol consumption, and stress management must be encouraged (Brooks, 1999;Baum & Posluszny, 1999;Butler, Davis, Lewis, Nelson, & Strauss, 1998;Ireland, 1996).…”

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Self-Medication with over-the-counter Drugs Among Elderly Adults

Amoako¹,

Richardson-Campbell²,

Kennedy‐Malone³

2003

J Gerontol Nurs

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Self-medication with over-the-counter (OTC) drugs is an economical choice of treatment for common self-limiting illnesses. As more medications are made available as OTC drugs, and as the population of older adults continues to increase, a need arises to monitor how elderly individuals use these agents. The purpose of this study was to assess the self-medication practices with OTC drugs among older adults. The study took place in a city in North Carolina in apartments managed by the city's Housing Authority and a private physician's office. Participants included 39 adults ages 59 to 91. Respondents lived independently, used OTC drugs, and were responsible for their health care decisions. Conn's Self-Medication Practice Tool was used to assess symptoms the older adults were treating with OTC drugs; therapeutic categories of OTC drugs used; frequency of OTC drugs used; and the use of alcohol, prescription drugs, and caffeine. The respondents reported pain as the symptom most frequently self-treated with OTC drugs. Ninety percent of the respondents used pain medicine, and approximately two thirds (67%) of the respondents used at least one high blood pressure medicine. More than half of the respondents (59%) used caffeine daily, and 10% used alcohol. The researchers concluded that older adults might be unaware of the adverse risks associated with concurrent use of pain medicines, alcohol, high blood pressure drugs, and regular caffeine use. This makes it necessary for all nurses and other clinicians providing health care to older adults to intensify efforts to educate and guard these patients and ensure appropriate use of OTC drugs.

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Section: Otc Substancementioning

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Section: Otc Substancementioning

confidence: 99%

Self-Medication with over-the-counter Drugs Among Elderly Adults

Amoako¹,

Richardson-Campbell²,

Kennedy‐Malone³

2003

J Gerontol Nurs

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“…When an aged care recipient creates problems and / or is displaying chronic health related conditions the approach more often taken than not is to resort to medication. Ireland (1996) argues "The cornerstone principle for rational medication use in the elderly population should be to improve the mental and / or physical quality of life of the individual" (p. 309). When an older person is in receipt of medication(s) and no discernible improvements are recorded then any continuation of the chemical treatment should be seriously questioned.…”

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Leaving-But Not Yet Left: A Rejection of the Perception ‘God’s Waiting Room’ in Favour of Humanistic Residential Aged Care

Seedsman¹,

Seedsman²

2019

IJSN

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Background: Healthcare systems worldwide will be increasingly challenged to meet the complex needs of aging populations. In particular, the operation of residential aged care facilities will require improved surveillance and monitoring to ensure that quality assurance systems are in place that support holistic and humane care of all aged care residents.Objectives: To undertake a selected literature search including a focus on Australian based case studies with the intention of a) developing a philosophical orientation towards improving awareness and understandings among policy makers and residential aged care workers to transform residential aged care into an environment that protects human rights b) drawing attention to how the adoption of an attitude that sees aged care recipients as having left while still living has the potential to create a minimalist approach to care and c) highlighting the need for emotionally intelligent leadership as a core component for establishing, facilitating and coordinating the delivery of quality assurance systems in residential aged care.Methodology: This is not a quantitative study but one essentially focused on offering a professional perspective on residential aged care resulting from a reading of selected literature and the combined existential experiences and understandings of both authors. The preceding approach provided the groundwork for presenting a case for honouring human rights in tune with the adoption of a substantive philosophy for the overall operation of residential age care facilities.Conclusion: While entry into residential aged care can be seen to represent the final chapter in an older person’s life, there remains the ever-present mandate for formal caregivers to not stray from the moral obligations associated with ‘ethical caregiving’.

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“…Researchers have used CAT extensively to examine intergenerational communication (see Giles et al, 2022), particularly in family (Banker & Gaertner, 1998;Hamilton, 1991;Harwood, 2000;Ryan et al, 1986) and healthcare settings (Bethea & Balazs, 1997;Bourhis et al, 1989;Ireland, 1996;Watson & Gallois, 1999), and have found intergenerational communication in both settings could be problematic. We argue intergenerational communication in the workplace, where the previous norm of older supervisors supervising younger subordinates is reversed, may be particularly problematic.…”

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Younger Supervisors’ Perceptions of Intergenerational Communication in the Sri Lankan Workplace

Jeevaratnam

Jones

2022

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

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Workplaces are increasingly seeing younger supervisors supervise older subordinates, reversing traditional norms. Using Communication Accommodation Theory, we investigated younger supervisors’ perceptions of communication with same-aged and older subordinates in Sri Lanka. Eighty young supervisors rated four vignettes describing formal and informal interactions with same-aged and older subordinates. Participants rated older subordinates’ communication as less accommodative and more nonaccommodative than same-aged subordinates, particularly in formal interactions. They rated their own communication as more polite and respectful with older than same-aged subordinates.

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Aging Well With Fewer Medications

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

Self-Medication with over-the-counter Drugs Among Elderly Adults

Self-Medication with over-the-counter Drugs Among Elderly Adults

Leaving-But Not Yet Left: A Rejection of the Perception ‘God’s Waiting Room’ in Favour of Humanistic Residential Aged Care

Younger Supervisors’ Perceptions of Intergenerational Communication in the Sri Lankan Workplace

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