People with intellectual disabilities and their experience of medication: A narrative literature review.

Background: People with intellectual disabilities are known to have increased medical needs and are prescribed more medication than the general population. Understanding the reality of incorporating medication into their lives would help healthcare professionals provide care in more meaningful and personalised ways.

Aim: A narrative review of the current literature relating to people with intellectual disabilities and their experience of medication/pharmaceutical care.

'If I die, I die, I don't care about my health': Perspectives on self-care of people experiencing homelessness.

Self-care, which refers to what people do to prevent disease and maintain good health, can alleviate negative health consequences of people experiencing homelessness. The aim of the study was to apply a theoretically informed approach in exploring engagement of people experiencing homelessness in self-care and to identify factors that can be targeted in future health and social care interventions. Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 participants opportunistically recruited from a specialist homelessness healthcare centre of North East Scotland, the United Kingdom (UK).

Relocating patients from a specialist homeless healthcare centre to general practices: a multi-perspective study.

Background: The relocation of formerly homeless patients eligible to transfer from a specialist homeless healthcare centre (SHHC) to mainstream general practices is key to patient integration in the local community. Failure to transition patients conferring eligibility for relocation may also negatively impact on SHHC service delivery.

Aim: To explore barriers and facilitators of relocation from the perspectives of formerly homeless patients and healthcare staff involved in their care.

The experiences and beliefs of older people in Scottish very sheltered housing about using multi-compartment compliance aids.

Background Multi-compartment compliance aids (MCAs) are promoted as a potential solution to medicines non-adherence despite the absence of high quality evidence of effectiveness of MCA use impacting medicines adherence or any clinical outcomes. Furthermore, there is a lack of qualitative research which focuses on the perspectives of older people receiving MCAs. Objectives To describe experiences and beliefs surrounding very sheltered housing (VSH) residents' use of MCAs with emphasis on issues of personalisation, reablement, shared decision-making, independence and support.

The behaviors and experiences of the community pharmacy team on the provision of multi-compartment compliance aids.

Background: Multi-compartment compliance aids (MCAs) are repackaging systems for solid dosage form medicines. Acknowledging the lack of evidence that MCAs improve adherence or clinical outcomes, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has expressed concern that MCAs have 'become regarded as a panacea for medicines use'.

Objectives: To determine the behaviors and experiences of the community pharmacy team around MCA provision.

Multicompartment compliance aids in the community: the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications.

Aims: To assess the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) use in a population of community-based multicompartment compliance aid (MCA) users in north-east Scotland.

Methods: Data for MCAs dispensed by 48 of the 50 community pharmacies in Aberdeen City between 1 June to 31 October 2014, together with concurrently prescribed medications, patient demographics and Carstairs index of social deprivation were recorded. Drug-specific quality indicators for PIMs from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare were applied and bivariate logistic regression analysis used to assess for associations with demographic variables.

A Case Study Investigation into the Use of Multi-compartment Compliance Aids in Older People Resident in Very Sheltered Housing.

Background: Multi-compartment compliance aids (MCAs) are repackaging systems for solid dosage form medicines, heralded by some as a solution to non-adherence but with little evidence of benefit.

Objective: The aim was to use a theoretical approach to describe the behavioural determinants impacting the use of MCAs in older people from the perspectives of the individual and health and social care providers.

Design: A case study investigation was conducted.

Inappropriate prescribing of proton pump inhibitors in older patients: effects of an educational strategy.

Background: An increasing number of older patients are prescribed proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). However, the extent of inappropriate PPI prescribing in this group is largely unknown.

Objective: We sought to identify clinical and demographic factors associated with inappropriate PPI prescribing in older patients and to assess the effects of a targeted educational strategy in a controlled hospital environment.