Medication Management covers a variety aspects of medication use in an Aged Care Facility setting and includes:

Administration

• • medicines are available in a wide range of forms other than oral and each administration route has specific requirements to ensure maximum effectiveness and minimal side effects

Adverse effects

• • all medicines have side effects with some being more prevalent and important to consider in an older patient population.

Policy and Procedure

• • development of and adherence to well worded and appropriate policy and procedure documents ensures that medicines are used in accordance with Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) principles and relevant legislation.