Supporting Resources

APMUSOA

Resources

For Sharing with Patients & Families

• Canadian Deprescribing Network
  • Canada 2019: Making Medication Safety a Priority - Infographic
  • Canadian Deprescribing Network: Resources for patients and the general public
  • Deprescribing Information/ EMPOWER pamphlets
• Choosing Wisely Canada
  • Choosing Wisely: Patient Pamphlets
  • Choosing Wisely: Using Antibiotics Wisely
• Five Questions to Ask about your Medications CPSI
• Informed Decision-Making tool CCMI
• Insomnia and sleep advice Sleepwell Dalhousie U
• McMaster Optimal Aging: Information for Citizens
• MyHealth.Alberta.ca - Medicine Check-ups for Older Adults

For Healthcare Professionals

• AGS Beer’s Criteria Pocketcard
• Alberta Health Services
  • Deprescribing for Older Adults Backgrounder
  • Deprescribing Resource Guide
  • Proton Pump Inhibitor Deprescribing
  • Medication Reconciliation (MedRec)
• Canadian Deprescribing Network
  • Deprescribing Algorithms for Prescribers
  • Evaluation of a Deprescribing Guideline – Mobile Application
  • Resources for Health care Professionals
• Center for Effective Practice: Clinical Tools and Resources
• CGA Toolkit Plus/ STOPP-START
• Choosing Wisely Canada: Pharmacist
• Interprofessional Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Toolkit
• ISMP Canada: Safer Medication Use in Older Persons
• Polypharmacy Toolkit RGP Toronto
• PrescQIPP UK
• SharedCare BC Polypharmacy Risk Reduction

Implementing Appropriate Prescribing into Care Settings

Acute Care (Hospital and Emergency Department)

• Deprescribing Benzodiazepines in Hospitalized older adults: quality improvement initiative NCBI
• Deprescribing Benzodiazepines in Hospitalized Seniors Using a Patient-Education Intervention (powerpoint) Covenant Health
• MedSafer Safer Deprescribing
• Polypharmacy competencies: Health care providers’ roles and responsibilities in management of polypharmacy NCBI
• Polypharmacy, Prescribing, and Deprescribing in the ED MDPI

Home/ Community Care and Primary Care

• A collaborative intervention for deprescribing: The role of stakeholder and patient engagement PubMed NIH
• Best Possible Medication History Interview Guide ISMP Canada
• Exploring Deprescribing Opportunities using the Behaviour Change Wheel PubMed NIH
• Pharmacist-led Structured Medication Review process in frail elderly SAGE Journals
• PPI Long term therapy: Primary care best practices AHS
• Medication Reconciliation in Homecare ISMP Canada
• SPIDER Trial : Improving Care for Elderly Patients with Polypharmacy in Primary Care BMC

Long-Term Care / Designated Supportive Living

• AUA Toolkit
• MedSafer
• The Ontario Deprescribing in LTC Report
• Pharmacologic Restraint Management Worksheet [19676]