[Promoting Appropriate Pharmacotherapy for Home Care Patients: Coordination between Regional Comprehensive Support Centers and Pharmacies].

ABSTRACT

Japan is rapidly developing into an aged society, and its construction of a regional comprehensive care system is urgently needed for the baby boomer generation, who will reach 75 years of age in 2025. As part of providing medical care and longterm caregiving in a regional comprehensive care system, ordinary citizens will be supported in their local neighborhoods by multidisciplinary care, team medicine, and information sharing. However, pharmacists visit only once or twice per month; therefore, it can be difficult for them to grasp the overall status of patients' lifestyles. For pharmacies to support ordinary citizens, information on local residents must be shared, and coordination with regional comprehensive support centers is essential. This paper discusses a case where a pharmacy was able to promote appropriate pharmacotherapy through coordination with a regional comprehensive support center.