EP46: The 4M's Framework: MEDICATION

<p><strong>The 4M's Framework: MEDICATION</strong></p> <p><strong>with Ayo Bankole PhD, RN</strong></p> <p><strong>and Tahira I. Lodhi MD</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Do the Brown Bag with your pharmacist too; because there are drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, and drug-supplement interactions to be aware of. Make sure that you're very clear about everything you are taking"</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>—</strong> <strong>Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN</strong><strong> </strong></p> <p><span style= "font-weight: 400;">_________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We all hear about the increasing rates of health care services and how costly prescription medications can be, especially for older adults. But these costs can grow higher if you don't take the prescription correctly.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The figures are especially troubling for older adults. Roughly</span> <a href= "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4573668/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 23% of nursing home admissions</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">are attributed to an older individual's failure to self-manage their prescribed drugs at home. About 21% of drug-related health problems are induced by patients, whether by mistake or failing to stick to their prescription regimens. Also, while having their medicines, up to 58 % of older adults commit some fundamental mistake, with 26% committing errors.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These statistics are alarming, and that is the primary reason why Medication is such a critical part of the 4M's Framework and part the Age-Friendly Systems are highly encouraged in nursing homes and health care systems.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today's episode, we are joined by Drs. Ayo Bankole PhD, RN, and Tahira I. Lodhi,