Disability Sector Podcasts by National Disability Services (NDS)
National Disability Services
70 episodes
9 months ago
Tune in as we talk about the NDIS, COVID-19 and disability sector topics. In this podcast series, the NDS team along with studio guests explore the changing shape of the sector. You will hear the voices of experts in our sector and people with disability providing real life examples and operational advice for disability service providers.
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Tune in as we talk about the NDIS, COVID-19 and disability sector topics. In this podcast series, the NDS team along with studio guests explore the changing shape of the sector. You will hear the voices of experts in our sector and people with disability providing real life examples and operational advice for disability service providers.
Polypharmacy and medication reviews with pharmacists Dr Hayley Croft (UON) and Adeline Tan (PSA)
Disability Sector Podcasts by National Disability Services (NDS)
24 minutes 43 seconds
1 year ago
Polypharmacy and medication reviews with pharmacists Dr Hayley Croft (UON) and Adeline Tan (PSA)
In this podcast NDS is joined by Dr Hayley Croft – University of Newcastle (UoN) and Adeline Tan – Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) to share some key information and tips with Disability Support Workers including:
What polypharmacy is and when might workers identify polypharmacy
Complications and challenges that may occur with polypharmacy
Accessing government funded medication reviews including the Home Medicines Review and MedsCheck (Community Pharmacy)
What to expect and how to support a person prepare for a medication review
Resource listMedication review programs:
Home Medicines Review - Pharmacy Programs Administrator (ppaonline.com.au)
MedsCheck and Diabetes Medscheck - Pharmacy Programs Administrator (ppaonline.com.au)
Resources:
Talking to my GP and pharmacist about my medicines, Medicines Advice Initiative Australia 2024
Me and my Medication – easy read, Council of Intellectual Disability 2024
Polypharmacy Practice Alert (PD and Word doc easy read version), NDIS Commission 2020
Practice Alert (Video resource) - Polypharmacy (youtube.com), NDIS Commission 2020
NDIS Commission Resources for people with disability: Resources for people with disability
Services:
1300 MEDICINE is a free Australian government-funded service staffed by pharmacists. 1300 MEDICINE is available by telephone (1300 633 424) to answer consumer questions about medicines and help consumers report adverse reactions to medicines and vaccines to TGA.
Health Direct: National Health Services Directory A national directory of health services and the practitioners who provide them General Practice, Pharmacy, Hospital including emergency department
Health Direct: Online medicines information service| Online medicines information service
Medicines and disability reports:
NDS Safety and Quality use of Medication Sector Round Table Report 2024
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA): Medicine safety: disability care report 2021
NDIS Commission 2019 Report: Scoping review of causes and contributors to deaths of people with disability in Australia
This podcast is part of the NDS Positive Health Outcomes Project funded by the Australian Government.
Disability Sector Podcasts by National Disability Services (NDS)
Tune in as we talk about the NDIS, COVID-19 and disability sector topics. In this podcast series, the NDS team along with studio guests explore the changing shape of the sector. You will hear the voices of experts in our sector and people with disability providing real life examples and operational advice for disability service providers.
