GeriatRx

09/23/2026

09/06/2026

08/10/2026

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It’s that time!!! Caregivers, healthcare professionals and advocates in the senior space are welcomed to learn how we can help our loved ones prevent falls!! We are so excited to have GeriatRx on board as our keynote speaker! Share and register today!!

08/10/2026

It’s that time!!! Caregivers, healthcare professionals and advocates in the senior space are welcomed to learn how we can help our loved ones prevent falls!! We are so excited to have GeriatRx on board as our keynote speaker! Share and register today!!

07/29/2026

Seven medication truths we need to stop avoiding:
1. A long medication list is not proof of good care.
2. Every new medication creates another opportunity for harm.
3. Side effects are often treated with additional medications.
4. Hospital medications can quietly become permanent prescriptions.
5. Multiple prescribers do not guarantee coordinated care.
6. "The patient has taken it for years" is not a clinical indication.
7. Deprescribing is treatment.

Medication safety isn't about taking everything away.
It's about ensuring every medication still earns its place.

Older adults deserve more than refills.
They deserve reassessment.

But reassessment requires more than identifying a long medication list.
It needs knowing what to recommend, how to prioritize, and how to gain provider buy-in.

That's exactly what we teach inside the Deprescribing Accelerator. Join our webinar on Thursday, July 30, 2026, to learn more.

Register for our free masterclass here - https://lnkd.in/eVnmMAHF

07/01/2026

Every family has stories. Some stories, though, don't just belong to one family. They belong to all of us. That's The Mama Joe Project.

This film began with a grandmother.
But the more we shared her story, the more we realized a profound truth: Mama Joe is more than just Mama Joe.

She is someone's mother.
Someone's grandmother.
Someone's patient.
She's a reason for choosing healthcare.

A reminder that aging with dignity shouldn't depend on luck, a zip code, or who knows how to fight the system.

The Mama Joe Project preserves her legacy while telling a much bigger truth: about aging, caregiving, dementia, and the gaps too many are forced to navigate alone.

When families are in the thick of it, they're not thinking policy.

They're thinking:
Is she safe?
Can we afford care?
Who do we trust?
What happens next?

This work matters.

Not because Mama Joe's story is rare.
Because it's painfully familiar.
And familiar stories are the ones we have ignored for too long.

We are bringing this urgent conversation to the community on July 11th with a screening of this documentary at the Durham Arts Council.

We need more than just attendees.
We need partners ready to confront these realities head-on.

This isn't a request. It's an insistence:

Own This Story. Be There. Get your tickets now.

Fill every seat on July 11th and ensure this essential narrative is seen, heard, and discussed by those who can drive change.

This isn't just a film screening; it's a call to action.

Invest in Change. Become a Sponsor.

We are actively seeking organizations and individuals ready to put their resources behind a movement for dignity in aging.

Your sponsorship isn't a donation; it's an investment in a future where no family navigates these challenges alone.

Message P Herbert Caldwell directly or reply to this post to cement your partnership.

Amplify Our Voice.
Share This Post.
Don't just watch.
Act.

Share Mama Joe's story with your entire network.

Every share is a deliberate step towards breaking the silence and building the movement.

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05/13/2026

“My dad’s dementia care cost $17,000 a month. It wiped out his life savings in 16 months.”

That headline should terrify every family in America.

Because this is no longer rare.

Across the country, families are watching a diagnosis turn into:
financial collapse,
caregiver burnout,
repeated hospitalizations,
and loss of independence almost overnight. (Business Insider)

But here is the harder conversation healthcare still avoids:

How much decline are we accepting as “inevitable” without ever reassessing the medication list?

Because in older adults, one unnecessary medication can become:
the fall,
the confusion,
the ER visit,
the hospitalization that changes everything.

Then the cycle starts.

More medications.
More side effects.
More care needs.
More cost.

Until families are forced into impossible decisions about memory care, long term care, and how long their savings can survive.

This is why deprescribing matters.

Not because medications are bad.
But because vulnerable older adults deserve intentional medication review before the crisis happens.

At GeriatRx, we believe reducing avoidable harm is one of the most important conversations in aging care.

That means:
preventing unnecessary hospitalizations,
recognizing prescribing cascades earlier,
supporting caregivers sooner,
and asking a question our system too often forgets:

“What can we safely remove?”

Because the future of aging care cannot just be about helping people live longer.

It has to be about helping them stay functional, independent, and out of the hospital for as long as possible.

Have you seen medications contribute to decline in an older adult that was initially blamed on “aging” or dementia?

05/08/2026

RFK Jr. has brought more public attention to medication use and chronic disease.

But pharmacists have been asking one critical question for years:

When should a medication be stopped?

That matters.

Because stopping a medication is not as simple as deciding you no longer want to take it.

Some medications need to be tapered. Some need close monitoring. Some should not be stopped abruptly at all.

And for many older adults, the bigger issue is that no one has reviewed the full medication list in years.

So symptoms like dizziness, fatigue, confusion, falls, or brain fog get treated like “normal aging” when they may actually be connected to medication burden.

This is why deprescribing matters.

Not as an anti-medication movement.

Not as a political talking point.

But as a patient safety process.

The goal is not to stop everything.

The goal is to ask better questions:

Is this still helping? Is this still necessary? Is this still the safest option?

Because starting a medication is easy.

Stopping one safely takes a plan.

I shared an article that breaks down when to stop a medication and how to do it safely.

Get access here: https://lnkd.in/eBwtFrVj

05/06/2026

CMS got this right.

Partially.

For the first time, we are seeing federal recognition that deprescribing is real clinical work.

Not just “stop taking this medication.”

Not just a quick note in the chart.

Not just something squeezed into the last two minutes of a visit.

Deprescribing requires assessment.
Clinical judgment.
Medication history.
Patient education.
Caregiver communication.
Tapering plans.
Monitoring.
Follow-up.
And coordination across the care team.

So yes, this is progress.

CMS has now added guidance on billing for supervised medication deprescribing services under the Physician Fee Schedule. (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

That matters.

But here is the part we cannot ignore:

The people most trained to analyze medication complexity still cannot bill for this work directly in many cases.

Pharmacists are often the ones identifying the duplication.
The drug interactions.
The prescribing cascades.
The sedating combinations.
The medications that no longer match the patient’s goals.
The side effects being mistaken for decline.

And yet too often, we are still positioned as support around the work instead of recognized as direct providers of the work.

That is the gap.

Because deprescribing is not just a physician task.

It is a medication safety task.

And medication safety is exactly where pharmacists are built to lead.

So I am cautiously optimistic.

This is a step forward.

But if we are serious about reducing medication harm, especially for older adults, then pharmacists need to be fully integrated, fully utilized, and fairly reimbursed.

Not as an afterthought.

Not only through workarounds.

Not only when attached to someone else’s billing structure.

But as clinicians whose expertise directly improves patient safety.

CMS opened the door.

Now we need to make sure pharmacists are not left standing outside of it.

Deprescribing is clinical care.

Pharmacists belong in it.