Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Dangerous Drugs for the Elderly Discussed on Long Island News
Gisele Wolf-Klein, MD, recently discussed the 2012 AGS Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medications for Use with Older Adults with anchor Ken Rosato for ABC 7's Long Island Viewpoint news program. Dr. Wolf-Klein stressed the importance of older adults taking control of their own health and being familiar with all the medications -- prescription and over-the-counter -- they take. See the video (Part 2) here.
Gisele Wolf-Klein, MD, recently discussed the 2012 AGS Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medications with news anchor Ken Rosato for ABC's Long Island Viewpoint show. Dr. Wolf-Klein stressed the importance of older adults taking control of their own health and being familiar with all the medications -- prescription and over-the-counter -- they take. See the video (Part 2) here.
For more information about the updated Beers Criteria, please visit the American Geriatrics Society website here.
The Beers Criteria update was supported in part by the John A. Hartford Foundation.
