Founder and Consultant Pharmacist at Senior Care Pharmacy Practice:The goal of the services offered is to promote overall wellness, vitality and quality of life of individuals over the age of 65years. This objective is achieved by virtue of thorough assessement of medication use and health status, intervention to prevent pre-mature transitioning to higher levels of care and facilitation of patient and care giver education to promote self-management in an one-on-one consultation manner. The result is lowering the social burden on families and care givers and reduce overall medication and health care costs attributed to office visits, medication -related preventable incidents and hospitalization.Founder and Consultant Pharmacist at Patient-Centered Pharmaceutical Practice:Patient-centered pharmaceutical care implies patient participation in the decisionmaking process to achieve healthy treatment goals. This practice focusses on younger adults who are diagnosed with chronic cardiovascular conditions, diabetes and others where the patient will benefit from lifestyle modifications such as dietary adjustments and smoking cessation. Empowerment to self-manage and maintain healthy goals are accomplished through one-on-one consultation, implementation of a tailored action plan, sharing of practical health and lifestyle information, motivation and regular follow-up.Mathilda attained her Bachelors degree in Pharmacy from Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education. (South Africa) in 1985.She completed her certification as a Geriatric Pharmacist from Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy in 2011.She acquired certification inDiabetes Education 2013Delivering Medication Therapy Management, 2011Patient-Centered Pharmaceutical Care Practice, 2009Obesity and Weight Management, 2009Smoking Cessation, 2010Pain Management and Severe Illness, 2012Specialties: Nutrition and Pharmacotherapy of the Geriatric patientPatient-Centered pharmaceutical careObesity and Weight management managementSmoking Cessation managementDiabetes care and self-managementLifestyle coachingMedication therapy managementCommunication and collaborationProblem solving and motivation
Listed skills include Diabetes, Healthcare, and Health.
