Guiding principles for medication management in residential aged care facilities

This course looks at the Guiding Principles for medication management in residential aged care facilities. These Guiding Principles promote safe, quality use of medicines and medication management in residential aged care facilities. They are intended to assist these facilities to develop, implement, and evaluate locally specific policies and procedures, support those involved in assisting residents, and to support residents in the medication management process.

In this course you will learn about each of the Guiding Principles for aged care facilities, which are about:

1. Medication Advisory Committees
2. Information resources
3. Selection of medicines
4. Complementary, alternative and self-selected non-prescription medicines
5. Nurse initiated non-prescription medicines
6. Standing orders
7. Medication charts
8. Medication review and medication reconciliation
9. Continuity of medicines supply
10. Emergency stock of medicines
11. Storage of medicines
12. Disposal of medicines
13. Self-administration of medicines
14. Administration of medicines by RACF staff
15. Dose administration aids
16. Alteration of oral dose forms
17. Evaluation of medication management