Community falls pharmacists ‘effective and cost-efficient’ in optimising medicines for older patients, study suggests

Data from 92 people referred to a community falls pharmacist show an 8% mean reduction in the number of medicines prescribed per patient and anticholinergic burden score per patient reduced by 33%.
Frail older person with walking frame
The community falls pharmacist visited patients in their homes to undertake a structured medication review in relation to falls risk increasing drugs, as well as a bone health review

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The role of community falls pharmacist can increase prescribing appropriateness in an older population at risk of falls and is an effective and cost-efficient means of optimising medicines among this population, research suggests.

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