DWARAA

DWARAA is now published in full at dwaraa.org. It is a nonprofit division of Sevadar Foundation Inc., the same 501(c)(3) that operates CareGuard, and it addresses medication burden in older adults — deprescribing, dementia care, non-pharmacological alternatives and restraint-free care, as part of opioid and sedative stewardship.

The six steps are Deprescribing for health optimization, Well-being and cognitive enhancement, Assessment of individual care needs, Reducing medication burden, Advocating for non-pharmacological interventions, and Adjusting care plans on ongoing evaluation. The word is Gurmukhi — ਦੁਆਰਾ, “through” or “gateway.”

• The DWARAA framework
• For facility ownership and management
• For prescribing clinicians
• For families
• For facility staff

CareGuard’s own safety review covers memory care and dementia and restraint reduction as review categories. Those remain here.