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Margarida Castel-Branco5,6 · Juarda Gjonbrataj7 · Marina Kotsani8  \nReceived: 30 September 2025 / Revised: 30 September 2025 / Accepted: 27 October 2025 © The Author(s) 2026  \nAbstract  \nIntroduction Pharmacists are among the most available and frequently consulted healthcare providers supporting older adults. They can actively contribute to thorough geriatric assessments and interventions and are often included in geriatric teams across different care settings.  \nAim This narrative review aims to compile current knowledge and practical approaches related to pharmacists’roles in caring for older adults.  \nMethods We searched in three databases and followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and MetaAnalysis (PRISMA) guidelines. Included studies were randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and systematic reviews, published between the years 2014 and 2024 in any language, reporting on the involvement of pharmacists in geriatric care, their interventions and results.  \nResults From 306 identified different records, 32 studies were included in the final synthesis. The majority (22; 68.8%) were systematic reviews, ten were RCTs. The studies reported on the role of pharmacists in geriatric care in diverse settings including home, community, outpatient clinics, hospital, long-term care and residential facilities. While interventions were often multifaceted and complex, they more commonly comprised medication reviews and medication reconciliation. Positive outcomes resulting from pharmacists´ interventions were reported in 71.9% of the studies, mostly focused on medication appropriateness, deprescribing, medication safety and effectiveness.  \nConclusion Our narrative review highlights the growing evidence supporting the integration of pharmacists into geriatric care teams across diverse clinical settings. Despite heterogeneity among studies and limited high-certainty evidence, the findings underscore the potential of pharmacists to contribute meaningfully to person-centred, multidisciplinary care in this vulnerable population.  \nKeywords Geriatric care · Older adults · Pharmacists · Narrative review  \n􀀍 Klejda Harasani [klejda.harasani@umed.edu.al](klejda.harasani@umed.edu.al)  \n1 Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine, Tirana, Tirana, Albania  \n2 Preventive Medicine and Public Health Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal  \n3 Department of Internal Medicine and Gerontology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland  \n4 Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Health Technologies, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal  \n5 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Care Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal  \n6 Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal  \n7 Department of Internal Medicine, Salus Hospital, Tirana, Albania  \n8 Hellenic Society for the Study and Research of Ageing, Athens, Greece  \n1 3  \nIntroduction  \nPharmacists are among the most available and frequently consulted healthcare providers playing a crucial role in caring for older adults. They ensure the safe and effective use of drugs and are commonly included as members of multidisciplinary teams in various settings such as primary care, hospital wards, long-term care and residential facilities and nursing homes [1–4] . 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