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As a reminder, age friendly health care says we should address the 4Ms with older patients; what matters, medication, mentation, and mobility.
This article says we aren’t good about discussing firearm access with older depressed patients and patients with dementia. We can do better having these conversations with our vulnerable older patients and their families.
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Lena K. Makaroun
%A Timothy W. Farrell
%A Marian E. Betz
%T Firearm-Related Discussions as an Age-Friendly Intervention
%D 2026
%J New England Journal of Medicine
%P 1461-1463
%V 395
%N 15
%R doi:10.1056/NEJMp2608481
%U https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2608481
%X Older adults are vulnerable to firearm-related harms. Medicare’s annual wellness visit presents an opportunity to engage older adults and their families or caregivers in conversations about firearms.