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Geriatric Clinic Case Study

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Section 1: Establish the need Pharmacist led Geriatrics clinic is a clinic that focuses on health care of elderly patients. It aims to improve patient health by preventing drug related problems such as; adverse effects, poor compliance, and drug interactions due to multiple drugs and conditions. The ratio of elderly in the overall population is rising. The world wide population (≥65 years) projected to increase to 12% in 2030 and about 20% in 2050. In Kuwait, 65 years and over is about 2.2% of total population (male 29,312/female 32,011) (2014 est.) [2014 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK] (1). I met one of the pharmacists of medicine department in Alsabah hospital to see if there is a need for Geriatric clinic in the hospital or not. She got excited and showed intense interest in the idea. She stated that geriatrics now are the core users of hospital care. More than 65% of the admitted patients in Alsabah hospital are above 65 years. Moreover, they have multiple chronic medical conditions with multiple medications and complicated dosage regimens, which may increase the risk of drug-drug/drug-disease interactions, adverse effects, and poor compliance. She added, that …show more content…

Graney, and F. Thomas Cloar, shows significant benefits of the geriatric clinic such as; improved aspects of health status, including health perception and medications, functions, including social activity, and life satisfaction . According to that, Alsabah hospital geriatric clinic has a short and long term goals hoping to achieve them in a considerable time. The short term goals are preventing drug related problems, improving compliance, improving physical, mental, social and functional status, reducing hospitalization and improving pharmacists clinical decision making. The long term goals are improving survival, and quality of life. In addition to, decreasing the cost of hospitalization and medications orders

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