AGS Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate
Medication Use in Older Adults (2012)

Criteria

• American Geriatrics Society Updated Beers Criteria
  for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults (PDF)
• 2012 American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria: New Year, New Criteria, New Perspective (PDF)
• 2012 Beers Criteria - Editorial (PDF)

Evidence

• Criteria & Evidence Tables (PDF)

Acknowledgements

• Members of the AGS Beers Criteria Panel
• Disclosures

Clinical Tools

• Beers Criteria Teaching Slides
• Beers Criteria Pocket Card
• Beers Criteria App
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  • For Android Devices
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Public Education Resources

• AGS Beers Criteria Summary - For Patients & Caregivers (PDF)
• 10 Medications Older Adults Should Avoid (PDF)
• 10 Medications Older Adults Should Avoid - En Español (PDF)
• Avoiding Overmedication and Harmful Drug Reactions (PDF)
• What to Do and What to Ask Your Healthcare Provider if a Medication You Take is Listed in the Beers Criteria (PDF)
• My Medication Diary -  Printable Download (PDF)
• Eldercare at Home: Using Medicines Safely -  Illustrated PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

Related Resources

• 2012 Beers Criteria Update: How Should Practicing Nurses Use the Criteria?
  Journal of Gerontological Nursing, June 2012, Volume 38, Issue 6
• 2012 Beers Criteria Update: How Should Practicing Nurses Use the Criteria?
  Geriatric Nursing, July 2012, Volume 33, Issue 4
• Commentary on the New American Geriatric Society Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
  The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacology, April 2012, Volume 10, Issue 2 
• Semla, T. P. and Fick, D. M. (2012), Response to Dalleur and Colleagues. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 60: 2189–2190.
• Semla, T. P. and Fick, D. M. (2012), Response Letter to Finucane. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 60: 2190–2191. 
• Try This: Best Practices in Nursing Care to Older Adults. The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University College of Nursing 

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