임상정보
  • Visiting Pharmaceutical Care Services to Enhance the Quality of Life for the Elderly
  • Sun Hee Yun*

  • BuBu Pharmacy, Bucheon City Pharmaceutical Association

  • 노인의 삶의 질을 높이는 방문약료서비스
  • 윤선희*

  • 부부약국

Abstract

In Korea, the number of elderly people who are in the blind place of care medication and the dose of medication for the elderly population is increasing. Effective management of medication for elderly people aged 65 and over can not only reduce the cost of health insurance but also reduce the mental and economic burden of the family to help the elderly manage their health. In this regard, four subcommittees under the Gyeonggi Pharmaceutical Association in Gyeonggi Province jointly conducted a Visiting Pharmaceutical Home Care Services in 2017. Among them, the introduction of the progress and results of the pilot project conducted by the pharmacy association of Bucheon City for 76 elderly people was introduced in this article.


Keywords: Elderly population, Visiting pharmaceutical home care services, Polypharmacy, Pharmacist, Patient counseling, Quality of life

This Article

  • 2018;4(2):109-114

    Published on Nov 30, 2018

  • Received on Apr 30, 2018
  • Revised on Oct 29, 2018
  • Accepted on Nov 1, 2018

Correspondence to

  • Sun Hee Yun
  • 1, Beoman-ro, Bucheon City, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
    Tel: +82-32-343-8871, Fax: +82-32-343-8870

  • E-mail: bubu8871@hanmail.net