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In January of 2022, community pharmacist and single mum Claire Salter uprooted her life in Christchurch to move to Waikato, just as her youngest child was completing his final year at school. It was part lifestyle change and partly her attraction to a full immersion Māori language course run at the University of Waikato’s Tauranga campus. She took out a student loan and lived off a student allowance during last year so she could devote time to her studies. She hopes her story will inspire other non-Māori to follow her path.
This article, written by Sidhesh Phaldessai, provides an overview of geriatric psychopharmacology, including the epidemiology of mental health disorders in the older population, the physiological changes that occur with ageing and their impact on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the use of psychotropic medications in older adults
Current clinical guidelines emphasise the significance of having two Adrenaline Auto-Injectors (AAIs) for individuals at risk of anaphylaxis.1*
