Posts Tagged "medication management"

Do you know your Parent’s Health Status?

Posted by Mary on Sep 8, 2009 in Life Lessons | 0 comments

Are you up to date on your aging parent’s medical history, what about their medications?  Do you know if they are taking their medications on time, the right dose, are the pills expired or should some be discontinued?  Perhaps they need assistance and doing the medication set up for them on a weekly basis is one of the best ways to gently start monitoring their health needs, it’s a great touch point for noticing changes that you just can’t put off anymore.  We set up my Dad’s pills using a medication container  for the week, he liked being able to pull out the daily section and just putting it in his pocket if he was going out for the...