DESCRIPTION

This presentation reviews the purpose of the AGS Beers Criteria® Alternatives List, outlines safer pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic alternatives to high-risk medications for older adults, and explains how to apply these alternatives in clinical decision-making.

The presentation is based on the AGS Beers Criteria® Alternatives List, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society:

Steinman MA, Semla TP, Akgün KM, et al; American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria® Alternatives Panel. Alternative treatments to selected medications in the 2023 American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria®. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025;73(9):2657-2677. doi:10.1111/jgs.19500