[Pharmacolgic osteoporosis treatment of nursing home residents]. / Medikamentöse Osteoporosetherapie bei Altersheimbewohner/-innen.

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Fragility fractures in older people are common and are often associated with nursing home admission in frail people. Only few institutionalized residents with documented osteoporosis receive pharmacologic osteoporosis treatment. Studies demonstrating the benefit of osteoporosis drug therapy in this multimorbid and vulnerable population are lacking.