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
Eastmed Pharmacy: Care for the elderly in St Heliers
Wednesday 1 June 2022, 03:30 AM
Members of the Eastmed Pharmacy team, from left: pharmacy owner Chris Leung, technician Radha Patel, pharmacist Karin McClellan and retail manager Tracy Smith
Many pharmacists, particularly young pharmacists, are feeling disillusioned, burned out and are leaving the profession. But amid the doom and gloom, there are many pharmacies around the country serving their communities, enabling pharmacists to work at top of their scope and offering all the cool services they learned about at pharmacy school. In our series “A great place to work” we visit Eastmed Pharmacy in St Heliers, Auckland. Jonathan Chilton- Towle reports
Eastmed Pharmacy is located in the eastMed Integrated Medical Centre, a shared health facility that has a GP clinic and health providers including a p