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An intervention to maximize medication management by caregivers of persons with memory loss: Intervention overview and two-month outcomes.
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Improving Caregiver Mediated Medication Management
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions for self-management of medicines for community-dwelling people with dementia and mild cognitive impairment and their family carers: a systematic review.Age and ageing · 2022Pooled it
- Tools to evaluate medication management for caregivers of people living with dementia: A systematic review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2021Pooled it
- Needs Assessment of Safe Medicines Management for Older People With Cognitive Disorders in Home Care: An Integrative Systematic Review.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Caregiver-Based Interventions to Optimize Medication Safety in Vulnerable Elderly Adults: A Systematic Evidence-Based Review.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2018Pooled it
- Interventions to Improve Medicines Management for People with Dementia: A Systematic Review.Drugs & aging · 2017Pooled it
- Supporting the Medication Adherence of Older Mexican Adults Through External Cues Provided With Ambient Displays: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Trial
- Outcomes of a Problem-Solving Medication Management Intervention for Informal Caregivers.Western journal of nursing research · 2019Trial
- Co-Design of the MAGNET Intervention to Enhance Medicines Self-Management in Community-Dwelling People With Dementia and Their Family Carers.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- The feasibility of the enhancing medicines self-management for community dwelling people living with dementia and family carers (MAGNET) psychosocial intervention: protocol for a non-randomised feasibility study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Feasibility and Acceptability of Engaging Care Partners of Persons Living With Dementia With Electronic Outreach for Deprescribing.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
- Short-term outcome of personalized theory-based pharmaceutical care service on the medication administration problems of family caregivers: a pre-post intervention study.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2025Article
- Patterns of Medication Management and Associated Medical and Clinical Features among Home-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in Central Portugal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- Telehealth Interventions for Family Caregivers of Persons with Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.International journal of telemedicine and applications · 2021Review
- Development and Evaluation of an Antiviral Agent Medication Adherence Education Program for Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- What works for whom in the management of diabetes in people living with dementia: a realist review.BMC medicine · 2017Review
- Health literacy and its correlates in informal caregivers of adults with memory loss.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Article
- Characteristics and Correlates of Caregivers' Perceptions of Their Family Members' Memory Loss.Nursing researchArticle
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Abstract
Overseeing medication-taking is a critical aspect of dementia caregiving. This trial examined a tailored, problem-solving intervention designed to maximize medication management practices among caregivers of persons with memory loss. Eighty-three community-dwelling dyads (patient + informal caregiver) with a baseline average of 3 medication deficiencies participated. Home- and telephone-based sessions were delivered by nurse or social worker interventionists and addressed basics of managing medications, plus tailored problem solving for specific challenges. The outcome of medication management practices was assessed using the Medication Management Instrument for Deficiencies in the Elderly (MedMaIDE) and an investigator-developed Medication Deficiency Checklist (MDC). Linear mixed modeling showed both the intervention and usual care groups had fewer medication management problems as measured by the MedMaIDE (F = 6.91, p < .01) and MDC (F = 9.72, p < .01) at 2 months post-intervention. Reduced medication deficiencies in both groups suggests that when nurses or social workers merely raise awareness of the importance of medication adherence, there may be benefit.
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