Laura Dowd

PhD candidate - Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Monash University.

[Shin Liau @shin_liau]

Over 90% of #frail #nursinghome residents in 🇦🇺🇨🇳🇯🇵🇪🇸 who were most vulnerable to medication #sideeffects were prescribed #medications that may cause harm based on the #STOPPFrail criteria

It's time to consider #deprescribing to optimise #medicationuse

🔖https://t.co/nCm6ndGYtt

[Laura Dowd @Lauradowd21]

Our cross-national comparison of #analgesic use in Australian & Japanese RACFs🌎. Reasons for the huge (i.e. 30-fold) discrepancy in #opioid use may include:
❔Differences in pain assessment
❔Regulations/Restrictions
❔Treatment durations
Read here: https://t.co/QkdJGMdaVI

[Amanda Cross @AmandaJCross]

Excited to share our mixed-methods study on the pharmacological management of #pain in Australian & Japanese #nursinghomes. Huge differences in #analgesic use + some different approaches to pain management between countries @Lauradowd21 @CentMedUseSafet https://t.co/pDF2sIt0hj

[Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences @MIPS_Australia]

@CentMedUseSafet researchers have found 74% of Australia’s aged care population are prescribed regular painkiller medications and are 30 times more likely to use opioids, compared to Japan. Published in @Age_and_Ageing.

#MonashPharm #ChangeIt #Research

https://t.co/L7MsHLkwT9

[Australian Deprescribing Network (ADeN) @DeprescribeAU]

👋We look forward to seeing you at the Australian Deprescribing Network (ADeN) 2023 Meeting on November 3rd!

👉Please remember to register for this event: https://t.co/HqfSdtR3BP

👉Check out the conference program here: https://t.co/qjOAdHWEAr

[Brigid McInerney @BrigidMcInerney]

Find out more about analgesic and adjuvant use in Aus and Finnish nursing homes at #EuGMS2023 @Lauradowd21 @AmandaJCross @CentMedUseSafet @shin_liau

[Australian Deprescribing Network (ADeN) @DeprescribeAU]

📜Have you written your abstract for the 2023 @DeprescribeAU annual meeting yet?

⏰Submissions close 30th of September!

ℹ️ Follow this link for more information https://t.co/MK5Ker65Ly

👀We can't wait to see you there!

[Laura Dowd @Lauradowd21]

I’ve had an amazing week in #Japan attending the #IAGG23 conference, connecting with our amazing Japanese collaborators and attending the baseball with @CentMedUseSafet colleagues! Feeling very grateful and inspired after this experience 🇯🇵#agedcare @MIPS_Australia @AmandaJCross

[Amanda Cross @AmandaJCross]

Amazing day of cross-national learning with @CentMedUseSafet and Japanese colleagues at Uni of Tokyo. We discussed our #agedcare systems & opportunities to share initiatives and setup new projects. We also visited a Japanese medical clinic & nursing home! @MIPS_Australia

[Amanda Cross @AmandaJCross]

Excited to share my work regarding onsite #agedcare #pharmacists and #knowledgebrokers at #IAGG23 in Yokohama (Japan)! @CentMedUseSafet @MIPS_Australia

[Amanda Cross @AmandaJCross]

Two @CentMedUseSafet superstars presenting at #IAGG23 in Yokohama (Japan). @Lauradowd21 comparing #analgesic use in Aus and Japan #agedcare. @shin_liau comparing symptomatic and preventive medication use in Aus and Japan #agedcare. @MIPS_Australia

[Amanda Cross @AmandaJCross]

Congratulations to our 3 amazing PhD students who presented at today's @CentMedUseSafet milestone event. @Lauradowd21 on #analgesic use in #agedcare, Stella Kim on antiseizure meds post #stroke, @LouiseCLord on medication use & mental health in #cysticfibrosis. @MIPS_Australia

[Rohan Elliott @elliott_rohan]

A multidisciplinary analgesic stewardship approach may optimise pain management plans and reduce opioid usage in RACF residents. #agedcare #opioidstewardship https://t.co/O6CNmXNZQS

[Rohan Elliott @elliott_rohan]

Nice work @Lauradowd21 ... Identifying residents who may benefit from analgesic review: applying analgesic indicators in residential #AgedCare services. Drugs Aging (2023). #medicinesafety #analgesicstewardship https://t.co/4jGIFncQwA

[Amanda Cross @AmandaJCross]

1 in 3 aged care residents may benefit from analgesic review. More evidence for need for #embedded #onsite #pharmacists in aged care!! @Lauradowd21 @CentMedUseSafet https://t.co/JxpqNsXpi8

[Laura Dowd @Lauradowd21]

@CentMedUseSafet @AmandaJCross @shin_liau

[Laura Dowd @Lauradowd21]

When applying 5 guideline-recommended indicators to a sample of Australian residents, 1 in 3 residents would benefit from analgesic review (mostly due to acetaminophen dose). Can #indicators be used to target interventions at the resident-level in RACFs?
https://t.co/IszKWqPPMe

[Australian Institute of Health and Welfare @aihw]

Dementia has overtaken coronary heart disease as the leading cause of disease burden among Australians aged 65 and over. See more: https://t.co/cxSWYWMMVM

#Dementia #HeartDisease @BurdenEU @DementiaAus @ACDPAlliance @heartfoundation

[Emily Reeve @Reeve_Research]

People living with #dementia and mild cognitive impairment are generally willing to have one of their medications #deprescribed
Read more here: https://t.co/VZhI82bJvy
@CentMedUseSafet @JHGeriatrics @KPcolorado @MIPS_Australia @cynthiaboyd16

[Laura Dowd @Lauradowd21]

@Reeve_Research presenting her research on the top 10 unanswered questions about quality use of #medicines in people living with #dementia at the #AAGConf22 @CentMedUseSafet