Medication Safety for Older Adults Training Course

Name: Advanced Medication Safety for Older Adults Training Course
Availability: InStock

Strengthen polypharmacy review, reconciliation, deprescribing governance, monitoring, and medication incident learning for older adults.

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Amsterdam, Vienna, San Diego, Phuket, Lagos, Dubai and more
Next session: 2 – 6 November 2026, Amsterdam
Average fee: 5,750 €

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Overview

Advanced Medication Safety for Older Adults Training Course is a one-week course for pharmacists, nursing leaders, care coordinators, quality professionals, and residential care teams, who leave with an Older Adult Medication Safety Review File. The course connects age-related risk, polypharmacy, reconciliation, structured review, high-risk medicines, adherence, deprescribing governance, care transitions, monitoring, and incident learning. Agile Leaders Training Center presents medication safety for older adults as a multidisciplinary governance discipline.

Who Should Attend

Functions responsible for medication safety and clinical governance
Teams responsible for pharmacy, nursing, and care coordination
Personnel responsible for medication reconciliation and transitions
Leaders responsible for residential and community care quality
Departments responsible for medication incidents and improvement

The course assumes participants influence medication-management systems for older adults and leaves out prescribing qualification, patient-specific treatment decisions, and clinical authorization.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments managing medicines across hospitals, primary care, residential care, pharmacy, and community services.

Hospital pharmacy and clinical governance functions
Primary and community care services
Residential and long-term care organizations
Nursing, care coordination, and discharge teams
Quality, safety, and medication incident units

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Analyze age-related and polypharmacy medication risks
Apply medication reconciliation across care transitions
Evaluate structured medication review evidence
Prioritize high-risk medicines and monitoring needs
Build governance for deprescribing and adherence support
Use incident evidence for multidisciplinary improvement

Course Agenda

Day 1: Older Adult Medication Risk

Age-Related Medication Risk Profile
Polypharmacy Burden and Benefit Map
Frailty, Function, Falls, and Adherence Assessment
High-Risk Medicine Prioritization Matrix
Medication Safety Responsibility Charter

Day 2: Reconciliation and Transitions

Best-Possible Medication History Method
Prescribed, Nonprescription, and Complementary Medicine Register
Medication Discrepancy Classification and Resolution Log
Admission, Transfer, and Discharge Reconciliation Workflow
Patient, Carer, and Team Communication Plan

Day 3: Structured Medication Review

Person-Centered Medication Goal and Preference Record
Indication, Effectiveness, Safety, and Adherence Review
STOPP/START Screening Tool Application
Potentially Inappropriate Medicine Escalation Path
Monitoring and Follow-Up Accountability Schedule

Day 4: Deprescribing and Incident Learning

Deprescribing Governance Decision Framework
Withdrawal, Tapering, and Monitoring Control Plan
Medication Incident Triage and Harm Assessment
Root-Cause and Contributing-Factor Review
Corrective Action and Learning Feedback Cycle

Day 5: Older Adult Medication Safety Practice

Suggested Exercise: Polypharmacy Risk Prioritization
Suggested Exercise: Care-Transition Reconciliation
Suggested Exercise: Structured Review and Deprescribing Decision
Suggested Exercise: Medication Incident Learning Review
Capstone Exercise: Older Adult Medication Safety Review File

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities based on fictional hospital, primary care, residential care, and community scenarios.

Suggested activity: map polypharmacy, frailty, falls, adherence, and monitoring risks for an older adult profile.
Suggested activity: reconcile medicine lists across a transfer and document discrepancy resolution and communication.
Suggested activity: conduct a structured review and propose an authorized escalation or deprescribing discussion.
Suggested activity: investigate a medication incident and present corrective actions with follow-up ownership.

FAQs

Who suits advanced medication safety for older adults training, and what does it assume?

Pharmacy, nursing, care coordination, quality, and residential care teams suit the training; it assumes responsibility for medication-safety systems rather than authority to prescribe.

How does medication safety for older adults differ from general medication management training?

Medication safety for older adults centers on age-related change, frailty, polypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medicines, transitions, carers, adherence barriers, deprescribing governance, and monitoring.

What is a structured medication review for an older adult?

A structured medication review is a person-centered examination of all medicines, goals, benefits, harms, interactions, practical use, monitoring, and preferences that produces agreed, documented actions and follow-up.

How should polypharmacy risks be prioritized?

Polypharmacy risks should be prioritized using current indications, benefit and harm, frailty, falls, adverse effects, interactions, adherence, treatment burden, monitoring gaps, transitions, and the older person's goals.

What supports safe deprescribing in older adults?

Safe deprescribing requires an authorized clinical decision, shared discussion, documented rationale, withdrawal or tapering guidance, assigned monitoring, communication across teams, and a plan to respond to symptoms or deterioration.

Conclusion

Participants leave with an Older Adult Medication Safety Review File containing risk, reconciliation, review, deprescribing, monitoring, incident, and communication tools. The file creates traceability from medicine lists and patient goals to accountable actions. It helps multidisciplinary teams reduce avoidable harm while preserving appropriate treatment and continuity of care.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Paris	Week 35, 2027 30 August – 3 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Manama	Week 35, 2027 5 – 9 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700
Zanzibar	Week 35, 2027 5 – 9 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,500
Amsterdam	Week 37, 2027 13 – 17 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Bangkok	Week 37, 2027 19 – 23 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Nairobi	Week 37, 2027 19 – 23 September 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Madrid	Week 39, 2027 27 September – 1 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Dubai	Week 40, 2027 4 – 8 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Abu Dhabi	Week 40, 2027 4 – 8 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700
Geneva	Week 40, 2027 10 – 14 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,200
London	Week 42, 2027 18 – 22 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Lisbon	Week 42, 2027 18 – 22 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Paris	Week 43, 2027 25 – 29 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Athens	Week 43, 2027 25 – 29 October 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,700
Manama	Week 43, 2027 31 October – 4 November 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewAdvanced Medication Safety for Older Adults Training Course is a one-week course for pharmacists, nursing leaders, care coordinators, quality professionals, and residential care teams, who leave with an Older Adult Medication Safety Review File. The course connects age-related risk, polypharmacy, reconciliation, structured review, high-risk medici…

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Medication Safety for Older Adults Training Course