Robert Albertson This is Me

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1. 1. Tidepool Archives

   www.tidepool.org/artshowday_ne - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/22/2005   Last Visited: 12/22/2005

   Robert Albertson, the chief pharmacist for Alaska Pioneers' Homes, tells the story of a doctor who told a 90-year-old woman suffering from dementia to stop taking a certain drug she had been prescribed. The woman never mentioned it to the assisted-living home's staff and she continued to take the drug, which thins the blood. The staff noticed something was wrong only when she was bleeding.

2. 2. Welcome to Older Persons Action Group, Inc.

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   Published on: 1/16/2004   Last Visited: 2/17/2008

   Some of those drugs may interact and if someone isn't monitoring that, it could be dangerous," said Bob Albertson, chief pharmacist at Anchorage Pioneers' Home. In essence, the pharmacist is the middleman and must guard closely the relationship between all drugs prescribed. Some medications may alter the effects of others, or become toxic when mixed. A good pharmacist has a handle on these matters, but the expertise at the Anchorage Pioneers' Home Pharmacy is ideal. There, the state's only nationally certified geriatric pharmacists are on staff. Hackley and Albertson are among 400 certified geriatric pharmacists in the united states, Canada and Australia.
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   They are not geriatric specialist," Albertson said. The Anchorage Pioneers' Home Pharmacy has been conducting outreach efforts for over a year now. In this time, communities from Sitka to Bethel have learned a little more about how prescription medications operate among the elderly. Albertson says more than 106 presentations were held over the last year. With the Alaska Commission on Aging's support, more communities in Alaska will soon benefit from the pharmacy's educational outreach.

3. 3. Kenai Peninsula Online - Alaska NewspaperKnowles appoints prescription drug task force 08/04/02

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   Published on: 8/4/2002   Last Visited: 8/4/2002

   The task force includes representatives from three departments in state government, Bob Albertson, a licensed pharmacist with the Alaska Pioneers' and Veterans' Home system, and Jeff Davis, vice president and general manager of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska.