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Deprescribing antihypertensives with weekly taper intervals in long-term care, secondary data analysis of OptimizeBP data [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Most pharmacists/nurse practitioners used an optional tracking sheet to track their deprescribing and submitted them regularly to the study team. Population studied: Long-term care residents (≥70 years old, systolic BP <135 mm, and no diagnosis of congestive heart failure) in OptimizeBP.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

Alex: We are delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Katie Fitzgerald Jones, who’s a nurse scientist at the New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, and a palliative and addiction nurse practitioner at the VA in Boston. Katie, welcome back to GeriPal. Bragging rights. Alex: Yeah.

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