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Pilot program helps older adults with dementia manage meds


May 13, 2021
For a woman in her late 70s, difficulty navigating more than two-dozen medications resulted in repeated trips to the emergency room. For an older man, misunderstanding a prescribed medicine’s directions led to an overdose.
A Cornell-led collaboration seeks to support older adults like these – living alone and diagnosed with mild dementia – to take critical medications safely, helping them to continue living independently and avoid unnecessary hospital visits.
“Medication mistakes occur commonly and can be dangerous and costly, especially for serious medication like opioids,” said Rana Zadeh, associate professor in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis in the College of Human Ecology and co-director of the Health Design Innovations Lab. “This is a huge issue to be addressed nationally, and we have to provide better design solutions for older people and others who experience a decline of cognitive functioning to accommodate all thei ....

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