Imagine you are a health care provider whose practice focuses on caring for olde

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Imagine you are a health care provider whose practice focuses on caring for older adults. You are asked to speak to a local group of older adults on the topic of medication safety and reducing medication errors. A question is posed by one of the audience members, "should we be taking as many drugs as we are told to take?" You know this is a complex issue and yet, you are confident you can give a succinct, but thorough response.

How would you answer this question?

What are key points you would like to communicate to the audience?

You may use bullet points to format your answer.

Explanation / Answer

The answer would be:

The response could be, the doctors have prescribed those medicines to keep you healthy and active. So it's important that you take those medicines right on time, to stay healthy. I want you all to be happy and healthy, so never miss those medicines that are important for you as prescribed by the doctor.

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