How could proton pump inhibitors de-prescription be managed in geriatric long-term care?

Background: Evaluate the misuse of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) in geriatric long-term care (LTC) patients and improve caregiving by de-prescribing non-relevant PPIs in this population.

Aim: This study was conducted in the long-term care department of the geriatric hospital Pierre-Garraud in Lyon. All patients receiving PPI for more than 8 weeks were included.

[Geriatric units at the beginning of the 2020 COVID-19 epidemic in France].

The COVID-19 epidemic that started in November in China became a national epidemic from March 16, 2020 with the declaration of population containment in order to reduce the spread of the virus in France. From March 17 to March 27, 2020, the monitoring unit of the French society of geriatrics and gerontology decided to conduct a survey to analyze the implementation of the mobilization of geriatric units, given that this epidemic had shown that it resulted in excess mortality mainly among the elderly. The survey was able to bring together the response of 34 services, nine of which were located in a high epidemic cluster zone.