What we offer
Medication Knowledge for Safety is a personalized online coaching session
for elderly individuals and caregivers
who are concerned about the effects
of polypharmacy.
What is polypharmacy?
"Mom's on 15 different medications
and we don't even know
what most of them are for..."
Polypharmacy is defined as the use offive or more medications at the same time. An estimated one-third of Americans over the age of 60 regularly take 5 or more medications.
Medication Knowledge for Safety
Get all of your geriatric medication questions answered by an Internal Medicine specialist
Medication Safety in the Elderly
Thomas A. Young M.D. FACP has over 35 years of experience caring for adult patients in the office setting, in hospitals, Rehabilitation facilities,Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing facilities.
He has seen how confusing and complicated it can be for elderly patients to take their medications properly. Well-meaning caregivers can easily make mistakes, resulting in harm to the patient.
This is especially common after a discharge from the hospital. Caregivers should be given specific instructions regarding the proper administration of medications and ample time to ask questions.