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What the Desirable Collaboration Between Care Workers in Nursing Homes and Phamacists Should Be: An Approach for Security and Safe Medication for Residents in Nursing Homes

Yakugaku Zasshi (Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan)
  • Hideyuki MAKI
  • ,
  • Akira SHIRAISHI
  • ,
  • Akiko MIKI
  • ,
  • Hiroki SATOH
  • ,
  • Yukari KONISHI
  • ,
  • Kohei ASAI
  • ,
  • Kenichi FUNAHASHI
  • ,
  • Yoshinobu USUI
  • ,
  • Yasufumi SAWADA

Volume
137
Number
8
First page
1041
Last page
1049
Language
Japanese
Publishing type
DOI
10.1248/yakushi.17-00087
Publisher
The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

In our previous research, there was no collaboration between care workers and pharmacists, for the most part. As a result, it was discovered that in some cases, problems concerning medication of nursing home residents had not been resolved. To solve this issue, we brought together care workers and pharmacists for a workshop we conducted. We assigned 12 care workers with at least two years of experience and 12 pharmacists to four mixed groups and guided them in the management of in-home long-term medical care and conducted small group discussions (SGD) using the KJ method. In the pre-survey before the workshop, all 12 care workers replied "yes" to having experienced "concerns over medication" and nine (75%) replied "no" to having experienced "discussions (consultations) with pharmacists regarding the medication of residents". As a result of the SGD, "information sharing among professionals" was revealed as a problem common to all groups. Furthermore, common countermeasures for this issue included communication notes and holding collaborative meetings. In the post-survey after the workshop, 67% of the participants replied that their thoughts concerning countermeasures were "coherent", and everyone replied that their "awareness was increased". In a follow-up survey after the workshop, 82% of the participants replied that they were using some form of what they had learned and discovered in the workshop in their actual work.

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http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/028444129
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  • DOI : 10.1248/yakushi.17-00087
  • ISSN : 0031-6903
  • eISSN : 1347-5231
  • Ichushi Web ID : 2018145622
  • J-Global ID : 201702258880675920
  • CiNii Articles ID : 130005875846
  • CiNii Books ID : AN00284903
  • CiNii Research ID : 1390282681193688192
  • Pubmed ID : 28768943
  • SCOPUS ID : 85026833310
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000406821700015

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