ArticleAge and ageing2024
'I think we could probably do more': an interview study to explore community pharmacists' experiences and perspectives of frailty and optimising medicines use in frail older adults.
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- Observation and Prevention of Caregiver-Related Medication Errors in Community Pharmacies: A Cross-Sectional Study Across Urban, Town, and Rural Settings.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A survey of community pharmacists' perceptions, attitudes, and practices regarding support for physical activity, exercise, and frailty.Journal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences · 2026Article
- Doctors' and Pharmacists' knowledge, skills, and perception of mental frailty in older adults: a scoping review.BMC primary care · 2026Article
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- Reimagining the frailty review: meaning, metrics, and the missed opportunity in global ageing care.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundCommunity pharmacists potentially have an important role to play in identification of frailty and delivery of interventions to optimise medicines use for frail older adults. However, little is known about their knowledge or views about this role.
aimTo explore community pharmacists' knowledge of frailty and assessment, experiences and contact with frail older adults, and perceptions of their role in optimising medicines use for this population.
methodsSemi-structured interviews conducted between March and December 2020 with 15 community pharmacists in Northern Ireland. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically.
resultsThree broad themes were generated from the data. The first, 'awareness and understanding of frailty', highlighted gaps in community pharmacists' knowledge regarding presentation and identification of frailty and their reluctance to broach potentially challenging conversations with frail older patients. Within the second theme, 'problem-solving and supporting medication use', community pharmacists felt a large part of their role was to resolve medicines-related issues for frail older adults through collaboration with other primary healthcare professionals but feedback on the outcome was often not provided upon issue resolution. The third theme, 'seizing opportunities in primary care to enhance pharmaceutical care provision for frail older adults', identified areas for further development of the community pharmacist role.
conclusionsThis study has provided an understanding of the views and experiences of community pharmacists about frailty. Community pharmacists' knowledge deficits about frailty must be addressed and their communication skills enhanced so they may confidently initiate conversations about frailty and medicines use with older adults.
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