Safety and efficiency evidence, for a collaborative pharmaceutical service program, as is currently implemented in Swiss nursing homes.

• In: C1 - Best practice in integrating drug therapy and patient care on Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 14:00-17:00
• At: Dublin (Ireland) (2013)
• Type: Presentation
• By: ANGUISH, Isabelle (University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland)
• Co-author(s): Locca (University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland)
  Burgy (Pharmacists’ association of the canton of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland)
  Repond (4Pharmacists’ association of the canton of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland)
  Michielan (Association fribourgeoise des institutions pour personnes âgées (AFIPA-VFA), Fribourg, Switzerland)
  Bugnon (University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland)
  
• Abstract:

  Ageing of the population is a worldwide trend. By 2050, the Swiss statistical forecast indicates that the population aged 65 and over will double, and that of 80 and over will triple. At the current time more than 20% of seniors (80 years of age and over) live in long-term care facilities. Such residents suffer from functional decline, and a high

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