Organization Tips To Manage A Senior’s Medications
Most seniors take multiple medications daily. Missing a day or two of medication or taking the wrong types of medications together could end up making your senior loved one very sick. That’s why medication management is so important for seniors. It’s helpful to have a personal care at home provider who can take charge of your senior loved one’s medications and make sure that they are getting the right pills each day.
But there are also tricks and tips you can use to manage your senior loved ones’ medications and make sure that they aren’t getting sick from the medications they are taking. A few highly recommended hacks for medication management are:
Set Up Automatic Refills
Personal Care at Home Clovis CA – Organization Tips To Manage A Senior’s Medications
If your senior loved one is taking multiple medications and your senior loved one gets different amounts of pills for each prescription you will end up being out of pills at odd times. This can lead to your senior loved one having to go without their pills if you don’t get a prescription refilled in time. An easy way to avoid having to constantly worry about what medications need to be refilled is to set up automatic refills for medications. The medications will show up at your senior loved one’s door regularly. Then you don’t have the hassle of trying to get a prescription when your loved one is already out of that medication.
Keep a Medication Binder
One of the best things you can do is make a medication binder for your senior loved one that contains information on all of the medications that they are currently taking. Create a section for each drug and put the actual paper prescription, their dose amount, and any other major instructions in that section. You will be creating your quick reference guide of your senior loved one’s medications so that you can get the information you need quickly. It’s also handy to use when you have questions.
Keep All The Medications in a Central Location
A large number of seniors keep their medication in the bathroom so that they remember when to take their pills when they need to. But the bathroom isn’t the best place for keeping medications, especially medications that need a dry climate. A better way to manage medications is to keep them in a drawer or a large rack in the kitchen. Keep them right on the kitchen counter where your senior loved one will find them.
Post a Clear Medication Schedule Somewhere Visible to Your Senior and Their Personal Care at Home Providers
It’s a smart idea to make a medication calendar for your senior loved one. The calendar should have green or soothing tones and it can be made as big as you like as long as it’s big enough for your senior loved one to see. Write down what times of the day your senior loved one should take particular types of medicine and whether or not they should be taken on an empty stomach. That way if your loved one forgets, their personal care at home provider can remind them when they need to take their pills.
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This combination of experiences has afforded Gina a unique view of the needs of the aging and the disabled and how to best serve those needs in a home setting.
Gina’s Central Valley roots run deep. She earned her BA degree from Fresno State in 1993 and has lived and worked in Fresno for the past 20 years. In addition to raising her family in Fresno, she is actively involved in her local church and is a volunteer for various local community organizations.
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