Tomorrow we honour Survivors of residential schools, the children who never returned home, their families & communities. CADeN is committed to listening & learning from Indigenous patients & clinicians, in our mission to promote safe, inclusive & culturally respectful care for Indigenous Peoples.

Missed yesterday's International Deprescribing Journal Club? Catch up on Drs. Juliette O'Connell and Cristín Ryan's session on their work to improve appropriate medication use in adults with intellectual disabilities: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsIy...

📸 Snapshot of a CADeN booth at a community event in Hudson, QC! A meaningful opportunity to connect with individuals & share resources on med safety, including @ismpcanada.bsky.social @deprescribing.bsky.social & Canada's Drug Agency's new tool "5 Questions to Ask About My Multiple Medications”!

📣 Call for Quebec physicians, pharms & nurses! Help guide the development of opioid deprescribing tools by participating in 90min focus groups this Oct/Nov! Participants will receive financial compensation or their time. Fill out the eligibility form here: udes.limesurvey.net/138471?lang=en

⏰ Last call: submit your proposals by next Tues. Sept. 30! Don’t miss this funding opportunity to bring your educational activities to life! Help us raise awareness of the risks of polypharmacy, promote deprescribing and safe med. use among their peers! www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/student-fund...

This Thursday at 11am EDT! Join the next Intl. Deprescribing Journal Club on medication optimisation in older adults with intellectual disability, presented by Drs. Juliette O’Connel and Cristín Ryan! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

💊 Taking multiple medications? 5 questions to ask To mark Canadian Patient Safety Week, join our free webinar to learn 5 key questions to ask about your medications. 📅 Oct 29th at 12 PM ET (English) / 2 PM ET (French) 🔗 Register: deprescribingnetwork.ca/5q-webinar Open to all audiences!

Au Québec, 20% des personnes de >65 ans prend >8 médicaments. Parmi celles-ci, 90% prennent un méd. potentiellement inapproprié! Consultez cet article de @radiocanadainfo.bsky.social qui rapporte les données d’une équipe de @ulaval.ca et des affiliés du réseau: ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/219...

✉️ Our Sept. newsletter it out! Join our public webinar for Canadian Patient Safety Week 2025, learn about antipsychotic use in LTC, help guide the development of guidelines for potentially inappropriate med use in adults aged 18-65, and much more! mailchi.mp/caden-recad/...

Applications are still open! The Network is offering up to $500 CAD of financial support for med. & pharm. students looking to lead educational activities to raise awareness of med. safety & deprescribing among their peers! 📅 Apply by Sept. 30: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/student-fund...

NEW TOOL by Canada's Drug Agency, @deprescribing.bsky.social & @ismpcanada.bsky.social Help your patients become more informed about their meds by supporting patient-clinician conversations about meds, their benefits, side effects, and deprescribing! Download the brochure: tinyurl.com/2p9z7v96

This Fall, join 400+ clinicians who have registered to this FREE online course all about deprescribing! An evidence-informed, interactive course developed to increase clinicians’ and trainees’ awareness, knowledge and skills around deprescribing: tinyurl.com/56dn7jcj

Join this FREE bilingual event by the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health and LIFE Research Institute to explore how clinical guidelines on social isolation and loneliness in older adults can be integrated into clinician education. 🔗 More info & register here: tinyurl.com/yc73f7hy

New evidence helps explain link btwn chronic use of sedative-hypnotics (SH) & cognitive decline in older adults! Older adults with chronic SH use spend less time in deep sleep & had reduced brain function in processes related to memory consolidation. Read the summary article: tinyurl.com/3hjkzkca

It’s not too late to apply for travel support to attend ICOD 2026! Interested applicants are invited to submit an abbreviated CV and a one-page expression of interest addressed to Dr. Emily McDonald by September 15th! More info and eligibility criteria at: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/icod2026

People with dementia (PWD) are often overprescribed meds to manage comorbidities, behavioural symptoms & cognitive impairment. But deprescribing in PWD has unique challenges. Find a roadmap for deprescribing in PWD and communication strategies to support the process here: tinyurl.com/yc6kxx69

📣 NOW OPEN: ICOD 2026 Call for Submissions Want to present your med. appropriateness & deprescribing work to international peers and leaders in the field? Submit your scientific abstracts, workshops, panels, and seminars before Oct 15: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/icod2026

A few weeks ago, Kate Walsh, pharmacist with GeriMedRisk, presented med. safety & deprescribing to the Tamil community at the Kababayan Multicultural Centre, with live Tamil translation by Sri Ranjani! Interested in presenting to your community? Let us know here: tinyurl.com/yc7ekp9j

The 4M Framework is widely used by geriatricians to manage polypharmacy. A new commentary by Physician’s Weekly encourages other clinicians to adopt the 4Ms and foster a collaborative, holistic approach to medication management. Learn about the 4M domains here: tinyurl.com/mwpz22zz

Last June, Canada’s Drug Agency's Appropriate Use Coalition announced a new national target to reduce inappropriate use of antipsychotics in long-term care to 15%. But what is considered “inappropriate” use, and how is it measured? Register to this webinar to find out: ltcmeds.ca/events/

Make med. safety a priority this academic year! CADeN is offering up to $500 CAD to support medical & pharmacy students in Canada looking to lead peer-to-peer educational activities on polypharmacy, deprescribing, and safe med. use! Apply by Sept 30: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/student-fund...

Don't miss the next Int'l Deprescribing Journal Club on med. optimisation in older adults with intellectual disability! Learn about prescribing trends, the new med. optimisation tool OPTIMA-ID, and person-centred approaches from experts at Trinity College Dublin. 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🌎 Findings from the 2024 Commonwealth Funds Survey: 76% of older adults in Canada had their meds reviewed that year, and >90% felt comfortable asking about their meds. However, 89% felt not at all or not too concerned about being RXed more meds than necessary. www.cihi.ca/en/commonwea...

📣 Call for Study Participants: CADeN is looking to learn more about curriculum developers' perspectives on our deRXing curricular framework, and the process of integrating deRXing competencies to curricula! More info here: tinyurl.com/4uhcz76y Check out the framework here: tinyurl.com/67uttp4y

📣 Last call ! Join our interprofessional group of health care providers dedicated to advancing deprescribing in both clinical practice and healtcare education! www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/join-the-net... 📅 Deadline to apply : Friday, Aug. 15th

💡 NEW TOOL: a comprehensive list of 65 potentially inappropriate prescribing cascades (PIPCs) identified by international experts in geriatric medicine & pharmacology to help clinicians better detect PIPCs and foster safer medication practices: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Snapshot of Amy Zheng, 3rd year PharmD student at UBC, presenting medication safety & deprescribing to members of Senior Persons Living Connected in Ontario. Thank you Amy for translating our public presentation to simplified Chinese & helping us reach more communities in Canada!

New PPI deprescribing algorithm developed by the Institut National d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux in Quebec! Find decision support recommendations and lifestyle modification strategies to relieve acid reflux and dyspepsia symptoms without medications: www.inesss.qc.ca/en/publicati...

Coming soon: Call for Submissions for ICOD2026! ICOD 2026 is a perfect opportunity for deprescribing researchers, clinicians or trainees to share their work with int'l leaders in the field! 📅 Submissions will be open from Sept 1 - Oct 15 2025. 📌 Guidelines here: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/events

Check out this updated list of safer, evidence-based alternatives to potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) for sleep, pain and more! Resources (incl. CADeN’s EMPOWER brochures) are also included to support informed decision making by patients, caregivers & clinicians looking to replace PIMs.

Thinking of attending ICOD 2026? CADeN is offering travel support for one applicant from a developing country to attend the conference. Don’t miss this opportunity to apply! More details below:

Participez aux webinaire « Médicaments et vieillissement : conseils pour les personnes aidantes », présenté par Kubra Korkmazer, pharmacienne, et codéveloppé avec l’Organisation de soutien aux aidants naturels de l’Ontario! 📅 18 sept. 12h-13h heure de l’est 🔗 www.eventbrite.ca/e/medicament...

Snapshots of Emilie Bortolussi Courval, who gave 3 presentations at the Centre for Social Justice and Aging in Montreal last week! Her interactive presentation helped them become more informed & comfortable talking about their meds with loved ones and health providers.

Join the next International Deprescribing Journal Club on Sept. 25 11am-12pm ET! Drs. O’Connell & Ryan will discuss polypharmacy and medication use in older adults with intellectual disabilities, and approaches for more patient-centered, evidence-informed care: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Catch up on our “Medications as We Age: Information to Support Caregiving” webinar developed in collab. with the Ontario Caregiver Organization! Caregivers will learn how to work with pharmacists to review their care recipients’ meds and develop a deprescribing plan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPQs...

📣 Funding Opportunity for Med & Pharm Students! Want to raise awareness of the risks of polypharmacy & promote deprescribing among your peers? CADeN‬ is offering funding to support student-led activities on the topic! Apply by Sept 30: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/student-fund...

Some common meds make us more sensitive to heat, and can put us at risk of heat stroke and other heat-related illness 🥵☀️ Learn which meds make our bodies more sensitive to heat & how to stay cool on hot summer days: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/blog/medicat... Share to keep your network informed!

Snapshots from the UPROOT Indigenous Gathering on July 11: members of our Indigenization Working Group engaged with participants to create medication safety tools that are adapted to Indigenous communities & professionals’ priorities. We're grateful for the learnings & connections from the event!

CADeN’s Health Care Provider (HCP) committee is looking for family physicians, allied and/or Indigenous health professionals to join its group of dedicated clinicians and educators! Help us make deprescribing a priority for HCPs. Learn more: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/join-the-net...

✈️ Travel Funding Opportunity for ICOD 2026! We are offering funding for ONE applicant from a developing country to attend ICOD 2026 in Montréal! Funding will cover registration fees, airfare, and 2-night hotel stay. Apply by Sept 15, 2025! More details here: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/events

Updated Health Canada report on opioid/stimulant harms (2024): 📉 Overall toxicity deaths, hospitalizations and emergency department visits decreased from 2023 🏥 25% of opioid-related hospitalizations were older adults Full report & interactive data here: health-infobase.canada.ca/substance-re...

As we age, medication side effects can sometimes be perceived as “normal signs of aging”. Whether you're a caregiver, family member, or clinician, join @he-es-canada.bsky.social’s upcoming webinar to learn how biases about aging affect older adults’ health, and many other facets of their life.

Nouveau rapport ‪@inspq.qc.ca: le % de personnes aînées prennant 5 Rx ou + est stable depuis 2011 (72%). Celui pour 10 ou 15 Rx et + est en hausse (34,4% et 13,6%). La polypharmacie est plus élevée chez les femmes, les personnes de 85ans+, et de milieux défavorisés. www.inspq.qc.ca/publications...

CADeN's Indigenization Working Group is joining @science.ubc.ca's UPROOT Indigenous Gathering tomorrow, Fri. July 11th! We’re hosting a sharing circle to inform the development of tools to support Indigenous-defined medication safety. Learn more about UPROOT here: uproot.pharmsci.ubc.ca

Today is the inaugural International Rational Use of Medicines Day, with the theme "Local Change, Global Impact"! For this 1st edition, the Int'l Society to Improve the Use of Medicines (ISIUM) reminds us that meaningful change in medication use starts at the local level: isium.org/events/irum-...

Findings from a new SR&MA (N=118 studies): Interventions to reduce potentially inappropriate prescriptions significantly reduce the number of medications without increasing risk of harm. Hospitalizations and mortality were slightly reduced, though not significantly. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

D’après un rapport de la @santepub-mtl.bsky.social mtl.bsky.social, une forte proportion de chutes à domicile chez les aînés de 60ans+ se produisent le matin. Possiblement en cause : les effets résiduels des somnifères affectant la vigilance et l'équilibre santepubliquemontreal.ca/sites/drsp/f...

A new SR & MA compared 10 types of interventions on benzo & sed. hypnotic discontinuation. Good news for CADeN & our partner Sleepwell: patient education, med. reviews and pharmacist-led education interventions were more effective than usual care. Full study here: www.bmj.com/content/389/...

As we approach Canada Day, let's celebrate the incredible work being done to promote the med. appropriateness from coast to coast to coast, as shown in this interactive map by Canada’s Drug Agency. We're proud of our community and look forward to continuing our work! www.cda-amc.ca/appropriate-...

Angela a mis en place un processus de #déprescription après une chirurgie, dans le cadre d’un projet de recherche. Elle invite les patients à suivre cette démarche. Une vidéo à partager : www.youtube.com/watch?v=82xn...