In this podcast NDS is joined by Dr Hayley Croft – University of Newcastle (UoN) and Adeline Tan – Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) to share some key information and tips with Disability Support Workers including:
- What polypharmacy is and when might workers identify polypharmacy
- Complications and challenges that may occur with polypharmacy
- Accessing government funded medication reviews including the Home Medicines Review and MedsCheck (Community Pharmacy)
- What to expect and how to support a person prepare for a medication review
Resource list Medication review programs:
Resources:
- Talking to my GP and pharmacist about my medicines, Medicines Advice Initiative Australia 2024
- Polypharmacy Practice Alert (PD and Word doc easy read version), NDIS Commission 2020
- Practice Alert (Video resource) - Polypharmacy (youtube.com), NDIS Commission 2020
- NDIS Commission Resources for people with disability: Resources for people with disability
Services:
- 1300 MEDICINE is a free Australian government-funded service staffed by pharmacists. 1300 MEDICINE is available by telephone (1300 633 424) to answer consumer questions about medicines and help consumers report adverse reactions to medicines and vaccines to TGA.
- Health Direct: National Health Services Directory A national directory of health services and the practitioners who provide them General Practice, Pharmacy, Hospital including emergency department
- Health Direct: Online medicines information service| Online medicines information service
Medicines and disability reports:
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA): Medicine safety: disability care report 2021
- NDIS Commission 2019 Report: Scoping review of causes and contributors to deaths of people with disability in Australia
This podcast is part of the NDS Positive Health Outcomes Project funded by the Australian Government.
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