EU COST Action IS 1402 Berlin, WG1 group/subgroup meetings

 Update of the WG1 list (new members)  Meetings in subgroups (1-3)  Conclusions from the Dublin meeting  List of activities in the period April- Sept 2015 (COST Action website)  Plan of future activities for the period Sept April 2016 (COST Action website) WG1 agenda

1) April 2015_ IAGG-ER Congress_ Symposium "Polypharmacy- Addressing Negative Global Social-Economic Outcomes„ (oral presentation, abstract) "Polypharmacy and Inappropriate Medication Use in Eastern and Central Europe" 2) Abstract submitted to 44th Symposium of the European Society on Clinical Pharmacy (October 2015)- narrative review of studies on PIM use and polypharmacy in Central and Eastern Europe - "Eastern and Central European perspectives in potentially inappropriate medication use and polypharmacy in older adults“- oral communication Activities April- Sept 2015 (1) WG1b subgroup „Healthy clinical strategies for healthy ageing“

4/ Proposal of the workshop for "WONCA European regional conference 2016" – practical tools for assessing PIM use in older adults (Denmark, June 2016) 5/ Works on the paper for Special Issue in Eur J Ageing entitled "Medication misuse in older patients and aspects of ageism" 6/ Serbian research group: Presentation at 3rd Symposium "Health for all?! Evidence-based healthy aging in Europe", Rijeka, Croatia. Tasic L, Marenkovic V et al. "The possibilities in regional cooperation in health and social care for older people" (poster) 7/ Preparatory works on TS and MC COST Action meeting, Prague, April 2016 Activities April- Sept 2015 (2) WG1b subgroup „Healthy clinical strategies for healthy ageing“

 Potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients and aspects of ageism (Daniela Fialová, Ljiljana Tasic, Valentina Marenkovic, Anna Balloková, Gyongyver Soos,..)  Medication noncompliance and aspects of ageism (Peter Doro, Marcel Leppee)  Misuse of nonpharmacological strategies in older people and aspects of ageism (Jorge Motta, Soner Dogan) WG1b subgroup, expertise of members (3 main areas)

WG1b Healthy clinical strategies for healthy aging Action IS 1402 Ageism: A multi-national, interdisciplinary perspective TargetTentativ e Date DeliverableResponsible person(s) Presentation of WG1b subgroup at Prague TS („COST Action WG1b afternoon session) April , 2016 Oral presentations Abstract book Daniela, Anna, Ljiljana, Valentina, Marcel, Gyongyver, Peter, Soner, Agniezska, others Chapter/chapters for the Handbook of Ageism-???..not decided yet ? May 2016 ? ?1/ Chapter on inappropriate prescribing in older patients and aspects of ageism ? 2/Chapter on misuse of other than pharmacological strategies and aspects of ageism Daniela, others? September 2015 The German Centre of Gerontology 6

WG1b Healthy clinical strategies for healthy aging Action IS 1402 Ageism: A multi-national, interdisciplinary perspective Target Tentative Date DeliverableResponsible person(s) Prospective study on PIM use in Central and Eastern Europe February 2016 (June 2016, SEpt-Dec 2016) Methodological tool for prospective research in 5 EU countries (Ethical Committees approvals, data collection) Daniela, Anna, Ljiljana, Valentina, Marcel, Peter, Gyogyver, Soner, Marcel Analyses of the situation in PIM availability in different countries (approved for clinical use?, prescription limits, availability as OTC drugs, etc.), aspects of ageism on the regulatory level Dec 2016 (Dec 2015) Review paper (data collection) Daniela, Anna, Ljiljana, Valentina, Marcel, Peter, Gyogyver, Soner, Marcel September 2015 The German Centre of Gerontology 7

Welcome to Prague in April 2016 ! MC COST Action meeting (Thur-Fri) TS „European perspectives in rational drug use in older patients“ (Mon- Wed)

 Day 1 (Monday ) „Tools assessing inappropriate prescribing and quality indicators- applicability in clinical practice and research“ (morning and afternoon lectures + afternoon workshops)  Day 2 (Tuesday ) „Rational medication use in older in hospital setting and during the transition of care, aspects of ageism- recent situation and future perspectives“ (dtto)  Day 3 (Wednesday ) „Rational medication use in older adults residing in the community setting and long-term care - aspects of ageism“ (dtto) Preliminary program - Prague COST Action TS

 Invitation of participants (speakers, honorable guests)  Key note lectures of Invited Speakers + discussions  Lunch break  Oral presentations of COST Action WG1b subgroup (results of reviews, national studies,..)  Workshops led by Invited Speakers Prague TS

Place of the Prague MC meeting and TS- representative hall of the Czech Medical and Pharmaceutical Society J.E.Purkyně

 12 participants (ideally PhD students and students involved in a prospective COST Action study on inappropriate prescribing)  supported from the COST Action budget, submission of the application possible by Dec 31, 2015 (will be clarified via ) Specific information