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Kevin Pewhairangi (Te Whānau a Ruataupare) grew up on the East Coast of New Zealand in Tokomaru Bay and speaks te reo Māori as his first language. He lives in Wellington with his partner Kasey and their two boys Mikaele and Mataio. Kevin is a pharmacy manager at Village Pharmacy Ngaio, and is a governing member of Ngā Kaitaikai o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa – The Māori Pharmacists’ Association where he holds the role of student liaison representative.
He has worked with PSNZ and EVOLVE over a number of years writing cases, facilitating training days, assessing and training actors for the Assessment Centre, and worked with different pharmacy organisations, promoting Hauora Māori within the profession
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*
