Oct. 1 marks the 15th anniversary of National Seniors Day. At CADeN, we celebrate older adults & their vital voices in shaping safer healthcare. We’re especially grateful to our Public Awareness Committee, whose members include older adults & ppl connected w/ older adult & community orgs across 🇨🇦.

📣 Today’s the day! Join Shin Liau, PhD, from @monashuniversity.bsky.social, from 9–10 a.m. EDT, to explore how deprescribing recommendations can be integrated into clinical guidelines & strengthened for practice. 🇦🇺 Hosted by @deprescribeau.bsky.social. 👉 Register here now: tinyurl.com/m25yr3fw

On September 30, we honour residential school Survivors, the children who never returned home, and the families and communities who continue to carry their impacts and legacies. At CADeN, we continue to listen, learn and reflect on what Truth and Reconciliation means for our work in healthcare.

🗓️ Mark your calendar! How can clinical guidelines better support deprescribing? Join Shin Liau, PhD, on Oct. 1, 9–10 a.m. EDT, to explore principles for integrating deprescribing into guidelines & strengthening recommendations. 🇦🇺 Hosted by @deprescribeau.bsky.social. 👉 tinyurl.com/m25yr3fw

⏰ Two days left! Our 2026–27 Student Funding Program closes on Sept. 30 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Medical, pharmacy, & nursing students & teams in Canada can receive up to $500 CAD to lead an activity or resource on med. appropriateness & deprescribing. Bring your idea to life now: tinyurl.com/yfxm9h32

We have a problem with overprescribing—what if annual medication reviews became the norm? In @ledevoir.com, our Network Director @dremilymcd.bsky.social discusses the 🇨🇦 guideline on potentially inappropriate prescribing & the importance of regularly reassessing meds. 👉 tinyurl.com/532kvvbb

New statin deprescribing guideline by @deprescribing.bsky.social! Recommendations include deprescribing at end of life, while continuing for primary & secondary prevention otherwise. Revisit decisions as health, frailty, life expectancy, pill burden & goals of care change. 👉 tinyurl.com/663tbdm9

⏰ Reminder: Our 2026–27 Student Funding Program closes Sept. 30. Medical, pharmacy & nursing students can receive up to $500 CAD to lead peer education on medication appropriateness & deprescribing and spark new conversations. 💡Have a creative idea? Apply & bring it to life: tinyurl.com/yfxm9h32

👥 Yesterday, our members & staff reflected on our next chapter & system change. We discussed future priorities, a land acknowledgement, appropriate use, AI & sustainability. We also celebrated our 2025 input in HSO’s Medication Management review, w/ deprescribing now reflected in the 2026 standard.

🔍 A new @bmj.com study of 2.3M+ older adults in Ontario identified 24 ↑ priority potentially inappropriate prescribing cascades—where a medication side effect may lead to another medication being prescribed. The findings could help support medication review & deprescribing. 🔗 tinyurl.com/whwrz5ed

@who.int's theme for today, #WorldPatientSafetyDay, is safe care for noncommunicable diseases. In Canada, chronic diseases are an important driver of ↑ med. use. With polypharmacy, regular treatment reassessment can help ↓ med.-related harm & keep care aligned w/ patient goals. tinyurl.com/36a373kp

Sustainable prescribing starts with appropriate prescribing. A recent Journal of Prescribing Practice article by Emily Kennedy explores how medication reviews, antimicrobial stewardship & reducing medicines waste can support both better care and a lower environmental impact. 🌱 🔗 tinyurl.com/ysahectb

Deprescribing diabetes meds doesn’t always go as planned. Join Sydney Saunders, primary care pharmacist at @novascotiahealth.bsky.social, Sept. 23, for @drug-evidence.bsky.social’s 10th Deprescribing Webinar “Less is S’more”—on monitoring, legacy ℞s & how to adapt if needed. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3zzmaywa

What makes a deprescribing recommendation more useful in practice? Join Shin Liau, PhD, from @monashuniversity.bsky.social on Oct. 1 to explore principles for integrating deprescribing into guidelines & strengthening recommendations. 🇦🇺 Hosted by @deprescribeau.bsky.social. 👉 tinyurl.com/m25yr3fw

📚 Back-to-school is a good time to turn an idea into action. ICYMI: Our Student Funding Program offers medical, pharmacy, & nursing students up to $500 CAD to lead an educational activity on medication appropriateness & deprescribing for their peers. 📅 Apply here by Sept. 30: tinyurl.com/yfxm9h32

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📣 Our 2026–27 Student Funding Program is now open! Medical, pharmacy, & nursing students can receive up to $500 CAD to lead an educational activity promoting med. appropriateness & deprescribing among their peers. 💡 Have a creative idea? Bring it to life! 📅 Apply by Sept. 30: tinyurl.com/yfxm9h32

A new BC Pharmacy Association article by Steven Hopp shares 4 ways pharmacy professionals can foster Indigenous cultural safety: build trust, respect Indigenous approaches to health, keep learning & stand against racism. These perspectives help shape our Indigenization work. 🔗 tinyurl.com/mta24dss

How can clinical guidelines better support deprescribing? On Oct. 1, join Shin Liau, PhD, from @monashuniversity.bsky.social to explore int'l principles for integrating deprescribing into guidelines and strengthening recommendations. 🇦🇺 Hosted by @deprescribeau.bsky.social. 👉 tinyurl.com/m25yr3fw

📅 Le Réseau sera au Salon des aînés de Saint-Jérôme le 12 septembre au Quartier 50+ ! Nous avons hâte de parler d'usage approprié des médicaments et de la déprescription avec des aînés, leurs familles, leur proches aidants et leur communauté. Venez nous voir à notre kiosque ! 👋 salondesaines.ca

💊 Aging can change how our bodies respond to meds. When might the harms outweigh the benefits? Share this webinar with patients, caregivers, & communities: “Taking Medications Safely as You Age,” with pharmacist Louise Papillon-Ferland. 📅 Sept. 16 | 10–11:30 a.m. | 💻 Zoom 👉 tinyurl.com/2rfdb228

📣 Our 2026–27 Student Funding Program is now open! Medical, pharmacy, & nursing students can receive up to $500 CAD to lead an educational activity promoting med. appropriateness & deprescribing among their peers. 💡 Have a creative idea? Bring it to life! 📅 Apply by Sept. 30: tinyurl.com/yfxm9h32

Next week, Research Committee member Shanna Trenaman will present at #ISPEAnnual2026 in Milan to explore methodological issues in clinical trials & observational studies on deprescribing across health care settings. 📅 Aug. 31 | 5:15 p.m. CEST We’re excited to see deprescribing on a global stage!

🩺 What if students could practise high-value prescribing before clerkship? Last year, students brought resource stewardship & deprescribing to life through realistic mock OSCEs with residents & junior medical students. 📣 Our 2026–27 Student Funding Program opens next week. What will you create? 💡

The International Deprescribing Journal Club is back Oct. 1, 9–10 a.m. EDT! Join Shin Liau, PhD, from Monash University to explore int'l work on integrating & strengthening deprescribing recommendations in clinical practice guidelines. Hosted by deprescribeau.bsky.social 🇦🇺 tinyurl.com/m25yr3fw

🗞️ Hot off the press! Check out our Aug newsletter for updates on: • the '26–'27 Student Funding Program, • our Meds & Heat resource, • the next Int’l Deprescribing Journal Club, • prescribing practices in acute care, • a new research protocol on PIMs in adults <65. 🔗 tinyurl.com/s2yfxmba

🤝 Learning together. Last year, a student-led lunch-&-learn brought medical & pharmacy students together for interactive case discussions on medication-related problems & safe deprescribing strategies. 📣 Our 2026–27 Student Funding Program opens later this month. What could you create? 💡

💊 “I took them like candy for 35 years.” At 81, Georges Marcoux, past Public Awareness Committee member, shares his journey away from decades of sleeping-pill use: cognitive behavioural therapy, new sleep habits, & supported deprescribing. Read his story here: tinyurl.com/mru32scy (French only)

🎲 A board game about prescribing cascades? Last year, students turned that idea into Cascada!—an interactive learning activity that helped healthcare students explore medication safety through play. 📣 Our 2026–2027 Student Funding Program opens later this month. What could you create?

🧩 Medication reviews may need to look beyond the medication list. A new longitudinal study found lonely older women were more likely to initiate potentially inappropriate pain & psychotropic meds, highlighting the importance of addressing social needs in med. optimization. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3xx994te

💡 Got an idea to promote medication appropriateness and deprescribing? Last year, healthcare students across Canada turned their ideas into workshops, simulations, documentaries, and more. 📣 Applications for our 2026–2027 Student Funding Program open in late August. What will you create? 🚀

Some medications can make it harder to cope with extreme heat. 🌡 We're pleased to see Heal Canada adapt our evidence-informed article on medications & heat waves for the June issue of E3 Advocacy, helping this important information reach even more Canadians (pp. 108–112). 📚 tinyurl.com/4cbun8jf