Bulletin 293: Medicines administration in care homes

• Care homes
• Medicines safety
• Adherence and waste
• Best practice
• Medicines optimisation
• Bulletin

This bulletin focuses on supporting the self-administration of medicines, dealing with refused or missed doses and safeguarding in relation to medicines in care homes.

Resources include: briefing sheets; assessment form, resident checklist, consent form and PIL for self-administration; options for supporting residents; monitored dosage systems - advantages and disadvantages checklist.