Impairment for Medication Management in Older Adults: Validity of a Family Report Measure.

Conclusions: In context of cognitive impairment, detection of medication mismanagement could be improved in both primary care and specialty health encounters through adoption of this single-item screening tool.Clinical Implications: This single-item report can be used to quickly facilitate discussions of medication management and cognitive impairment screening in office visits. The item also shows promise for efficient measurement of impairment in medication management than typical IADL assessment language. PMID: 31826718 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Gerontologist - Category: Geriatrics Tags: Clin Gerontol Source Type: research