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Staying Well in Later Life:
Community Pharmacy’s

Role in Protecting the
Health of Older People

Tom Gentry
Age UK’s Acting
Head of Influencing

Managing medicines is critical in supporting older people to live
well. Given older people are typically living with one or more health
conditions as well as relying on preventative measures and other
supplements, polypharmacy becomes the norm the older we are.
These medicines are vital to managing symptoms and staying
well, but just as critical is making sure any medicines regime is
optimised so that it is actually delivering benefit and avoiding
harm. Pharmacists are an extremely important part of supporting
older people in managing their medicines, providing advice on how
and when to take their treatments, supporting conversations on the
benefits and side effects, and signposting to other forms of support.

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