MATCH-D Medication Appropriateness Tool for Comorbid Health conditions during Dementia

Mid Stage Dementia

Mid-Stage Dementia: moderate cognitive impairment with physical function often preserved. People with mid-stage dementia may be living with support in the community or a low-care residential aged care setting.

Mid Stage Dementia
All Stages

All Stages
Late Stage Dementia

Late-Stage Dementia: severe cognitive impairment and declining function (inability to recognise loved ones, unable to ambulate independently, incontinence of urine or faeces)

Late Stage Dementia
Early Stage Dementia

Early Stage: Mild cognitive impairment with a preserved ability to self-care and undertake activities of daily living.

Early Stage Dementia

Early Stage Dementia

Mid Stage Dementia

Late Stage Dementia

All Stages

Why do we need the MATCH-D criteria?

Most people living with dementia have at least one other health condition. They often use medications to manage their other health conditions, but we don’t have much information to guide us on whether this is appropriate. Information to help us optimise medication use for older adults generally are helpful, but people living with dementia have specific needs as they are living with a progressive life-limiting condition.

About MATCH-D

The MATCH-D statements are in the broad themes of preventative medication, symptom management, disease progression, psycho-active medication, treatment goals, principles of medication use, side effects, and medication reviews.

Research Team

The MATCH-D criteria was developed by an interprofessional team of Australian researchers. Dr Amy Theresa Page, Dr Kathleen Potter, Professor Rhonda Clifford and Associate Professor Christopher Etherton-Beer at the University of Western Australia and Professor Andrew McLachlan at the University of Sydney.

Research Centre

WA Centre for Health and Ageing, University of Western Australia Centre for Optimisation of Medicines, University of Western Australia

Published Research

The development of the MATCH-D is published research is available in the Internal Medicine Journal.

The enablers and barriers are published in the BMJ Open.

The systematic review that informed the MATCH-D criteria and the protocol are also published.

The publications are Open Access, meaning they are available free of charge.

Download files

MATCH-D Criteria

MATCH-D in black and white – five pages – A4
MATCH-D in colour – five pages – A4
MATCH-D as a booklet colour – twelve page – A5

Checklists – Health professional use

PDF – Early stage, Mid stage, Late stage

DOCX – Early stage, Mid stage, Late stage