Are People Living With Dementia Receiving High Intensity Statin Therapy After Stroke? A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Background And Aims: This Australian population-based study investigated statin intensity after hospitalization for ischemic stroke in a matched cohort of people living with and without dementia.

Methods: We identified all patients aged ≥ 30 years hospitalized in the state of Victoria, Australia, for ischemic stroke from July 1, 2013 to April 30, 2018 from the Victorian Admitted Episodes Data set. People with dementia were matched 1:4 for sex, 5-year age group and index date ± 90 days with people without dementia.

Diabetes treatment deintensification in Australians with dementia compared to the general population: A national cohort study.

Background: Diagnosis of dementia may change peoples' goals of care. In people with diabetes, this may lead to relaxing treatment targets and reducing the use of diabetes medications. The aim of this study was to examine changes in diabetes medication use before and after initiating medication for dementia.

The changing pattern of statin use in people with dementia: A population-based study.

Background: After a dementia diagnosis, goals of care are often reassessed, including the use of preventive medications like statins.

Objective: To examine changes in statin use after initiating medication for managing dementia.

Methods: A case-crossover study utilizing medication dispensing data from the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) 10% random sample was conducted.

Rates of PRN Medication Administration in Australian Residential Aged Care.

Objective: To investigate administration of pro re nata (PRN) medications and nurse-initiated medications (NIMs) in Australian aged care services over a 12-month period.

Design: Twelve-month longitudinal audit of medication administrations.

Setting And Participants: Three hundred ninety-two residents of 10 aged care services in regional Victoria, Australia.

The role of medication advisory committees in residential aged care services.

Background: There is increasing international interest in initiatives to reduce medication-related harm and preventable hospitalizations in residential aged care services (RACS). The Australian Government recommends that RACS establish multidisciplinary Medication Advisory Committees (MACs). No previous research has specifically investigated the structures and functioning of MACs.

Development and validation of the Medication Regimen Simplification Guide for Residential Aged CarE (MRS GRACE).

Background: Residents of aged care facilities use increasingly complex medication regimens. Reducing unnecessary medication regimen complexity (eg, by consolidating the number of administration times or using alternative formulations) may benefit residents and staff.

Objective: To develop and validate an implicit tool to facilitate medication regimen simplification in aged care facilities.