Medications associated with geriatric syndromes and their prevalence in older hospitalized adults discharged to skilled nursing facilities.

Saraf AA, Petersen AW, Simmons SF, Schnelle JF, Bell SP, Kripalani S, Myers AP, Mixon AS, Long EA, Jacobsen JM, Vasilevskis EE. Medications associated with geriatric syndromes and their prevalence in older hospitalized adults discharged to skilled nursing facilities. Journal of hospital medicine. 2016 Oct;11(11). 694-700. PMID: 27255830 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5048583 NIHMSID: NIHMS816784.

Abstract

More than half of the hospitalized older adults discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have more than 3 geriatric syndromes. Pharmacotherapy may be contributing to geriatric syndromes in this population.