If your loved one needs medication to manage chronic conditions and health issues, it’s important for them to remember to take them consistently. For seniors who have memory issues, or have to take multiple medications every day, this can be challenging.

At Senior Home Care by Angels in Cambridge & Guelph, we can help your loved one make it easier to remember to take their medication. Although we are unable to administer medication or organize pill boxes, we can set useful reminders for your loved one and make sure they’re taking their medication when needed.

How Our Medication Reminders Help

If you have been helping an aging loved one take daily medication or take medication yourself, you know how difficult it can be to remember what medication to take, and when to take it. Daily medications become more difficult as we age. Many seniors take a variety of pills, and often these come with specific instructions. Some medications must be taken at certain times of the day, and others must be taken with meals, water, or on an empty stomach. It’s difficult for a senior to keep track of all of this, especially if they are dealing with dementia.

Although a professional in-home caregiver strictly provides personal care and cannot administer medications or organize pillboxes, we can offer vital reminders when medication is necessary. When family members or medical providers manage medications or treatment plans, our caregivers can make sure clients follow directions and stay on schedule.

Medication Reminders Include:

• Verbal reminders for each medication and time
• Setting a timer to create a separate reminder
• Ensuring that specific instructions for each medication are followed (eg. take with food)
• Watching a client take the medication to ensure safety and compliance
• Recording dates and times for medications for concerned family members and healthcare providers
• Monitoring possible side effects from treatment, mainly when a new medication is introduced

Senior Home Care by Angels in Cambridge & Guelph Provides Comprehensive Personal Care

We have been helping clients in our community safely and comfortably age in place since 2007. Although you can count on our caregivers to help your loved one remember to take their medications, we can help in so many other ways. For example, we can also prepare meals if your loved one needs to take pills with food. We can also arrange transportation to their local pharmacy if they need to pick up their prescription.

Unlike other home care agencies, our services are fully personalized. We understand every client is unique and may take different combinations of medications at various times, which is why we can customize our schedule to fit your loved one’s needs. Whether your loved one takes medications in the morning, afternoon, or overnight, you can be sure that one of our caregivers will be there to help them remember.

Learn more about our medication reminders by contacting our local Cambridge & Guelph office, or call us at (519)653-8185

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