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Administrators’ Perceptions Of Medication Management In Assisted Living Facilities: Results From Focus Groups, Priscilla T. Ryder, Melanie Joseph, Marnie Zuckermann, Ilene H. Zuckermann

Scholarship and Professional Work – COPHS

Objective: Assisted living (AL) residents are vulnerable to adverse events as a result of using numerous medications and frequently need assistance in administering medications. Very little is known, however, about the ways in which medications are managed within this level of care. Design: AL administrators from the metropolitan Baltimore, Maryland area were invited to participate in focus groups to explore issues involved in medication management.

Setting and Participants: Four administrators from smaller (15 beds or fewer) and six larger (more than 15 beds) certified AL facilities serving primarily older residents participated. Administrators must have served in their position at least …