Background and rationale {6a}
injuries
Falls are the most frequent cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries among people aged 65 years and older [Medication use, particularly use of medications that affect the central nervous system (CNS), has been consistently linked to falls [Practice guidelines recommend that prescribers review all medications with their older patients to minimize polypharmacy and the use of CNS-active and other high-risk medications [The D-PRESCRIBE trial, a cluster-randomized trial in Canada delivered by community pharmacists, evaluated an educational intervention directed to patients and provider decision support. The intervention was highly effective in reducing use of potentially inappropriate medications by older adults, including CNS-active medications (benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics) [