pISSN 1226-6051
eISSN 2508-786X
eISSN 2508-786X
Eligibility criteria for medication management in long-term care facilities in the reference countries
| Country | Eligibility criteria |
|---|---|
| Australia | The Referring Medical Professional confirms that there is an identifiable clinical need for the Patient to have a RMMR Service |
| - A permanent resident of an Aged Care Facility | |
| When the Patient's GP considers a subsequent review, for example, if there has been a significant change to the Patient's condition or medication regimen | |
| - Discharge from hospital in the previous four weeks | |
| - Significant change to medication regimen in the past three months - Change in medical condition or abilities (including falls, cognition, physical function) | |
| - Prescription of a medicine with a narrow therapeutic index or requiring therapeutic monitoring | |
| - Presentation of symptoms suggestive of an adverse drug reaction | |
| - Suspected non-compliance or problems with managing medication related devices | |
| Canada (Ontario) | - a resident of Ontario and living in a licensed Long-Term Care Home (within 4-6 weeks of their admission) |
| - taking a minimum of three prescription medications for a chronic condition | |
| - a physician’s referral or as a pharmacist’s decision, and/or as a result of specific resident criteria identified by a member of the health care team | |
| Japan | - a resident living in long-term care facility by a physician’s referral |
| - Pharmacists, facility nurses, caregivers, and guardians can recommend the review to the physicians | |
| United Kingdom (UK) | - a resident living in care homes |
| - with complex and problematic polypharmacy, specifically those on 10 or more medications - on medicines commonly associated with medication errors | |
| - with severe frailty who are particularly isolated or housebound or who have had recent hospital admissions and/or falls | |
| - using potentially addictive pain management medication | |
| United States of America (USA) | A resident living in long-term care facilities |
| Korean Pilot Project for Polypharmacy Management | - Taking 10 or more medications in the past 6 months |
| - Taking 5 or more medication including high-risk medication in the past 6 months |