Medication Tips
By: Diane Keefe, Geriatric Care Manager
View this video to learn Tips to Keep Your Loved One Safely Taking
Their Medications
Manage Your Personal Health Record
By: Diane Keefe, Geriatric Care Manager
The importance of managing your personal health record cannot be emphasized enough. If there is a health crisis and a patient goes to an emergency room, the doctors do not have access to your personal health information. They could administer drugs to which a person is allergic or refuse to provide care without the proper information. Caregivers must organize the information and keep it handy so that it is available in a crisis. This is true especially for older adults who often have multiple medical conditions and a lifetime of medical history. It is also true because in today’s environment, a patient may change physicians annually because of insurance plan changes. This makes it more difficult for health information to be complete, current and follow the patient. Continue reading
Manage Your Medications
By: Diane Keefe, Geriatric Care Manager
Medication compliance is one of the most frequent challenges with seniors. Many times their medications are in a big shoebox or basket or scattered around the house. This does not make it easy to see if the meds were taken on time or in the quantity that was prescribed.
It is important to find a method that meets the needs and limitations of the older adult. Sometimes a sectored box will work. Other times it might require a more sophisticated system that will only dispense at the time the medication is to be taken. This system even gives a verbal message telling them to take the medications. Another system available involves hooking up to a computer system that will record when the medications are being taken. It will give a clear picture of the person’s history of taking medication. Continue reading
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