muttmeister
Well-Known Member
My mother will be 98 on Monday. She lives in a senior apartment (not independent living; just an apartment with no real oversight). She's pretty good but has NO short term memory. Had her to the doctor for some tests today (another post for another day) and they changed some of her medications. All of her medications so far have been pills; she takes some AM and some PM. I go to her house (7 miles) once a day and set up her pills for that day only - morning pills in the kitchen and night pills in the bathroom. So in the morning I call her and tell her to go to the kitchen and take her morning pills and at night I call her and tell her to go to the bathroom and take her night pills. It may sound weird but it works.
Now they have prescribed a liquid that she is to take before each meal and before bed. HOw the he!! am I supposed to get her to do that? She can't see well enough to dispense it herself and even if she could, if I leave the whole bottle there she might take it 4 times a day as prescribed or she might take it once a day or she might take it 20 times a day. I didn't see the doctor; he just left instructions. I will talk to the pharmacy tomorrow but do any of you have experience with this kind of thing? I need to be able to measure it out for her and put it someplace safe and then call her and tell her to take it but that sounds like it will have a lot of places to go wrong. She might take it all at once, spill it, misplace it, whatever. Any suggestions>
Now they have prescribed a liquid that she is to take before each meal and before bed. HOw the he!! am I supposed to get her to do that? She can't see well enough to dispense it herself and even if she could, if I leave the whole bottle there she might take it 4 times a day as prescribed or she might take it once a day or she might take it 20 times a day. I didn't see the doctor; he just left instructions. I will talk to the pharmacy tomorrow but do any of you have experience with this kind of thing? I need to be able to measure it out for her and put it someplace safe and then call her and tell her to take it but that sounds like it will have a lot of places to go wrong. She might take it all at once, spill it, misplace it, whatever. Any suggestions>