[A Way of Medication Support for Elderly People Who are Solitary and Have Declined Cognitiveability]

Home-based medical care has been promoted in recent times because of a decline in the birthrate and increased elderly population, and there is wide individual variation in the elderly patients' recuperating environment and/or symptoms. In our experience, when solitude and dementia overlap, patient-management becomes challenging. In the management of such patients, we have identified the importance of a pharmacist as part of the home-based medical care team. The pharmacist plays an important role in providing optimal solutions in terms of environmental adjustment for medication/medication support plan, according to the physical ability and cognitive ability of the patient, under a limited care plan. The statistical data from the national database indicates that there will be an increase in the number of elderly people who are "solitary" and have "declined cognitive ability", and this could be a challenge which could be tackled with home-based medical care system.