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Specialist GP Ngaire Kerse sums up two inspirational talks by a UK geriatrician and asks how New Zealand plans to improve the wellbeing and independence of older people
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2. Crocker TF, Ensor J, Lam N, et al. Community based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people: systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ 2024;384:e077764.
3. Palapar L, Blom JW, Wilkinson-Meyers L, et al. Preventive interventions to improve older people's health outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Gen Pract 2024;74(741):e208–18.
Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
