Medication Mistakes
This item can keep individuals on track with their medications.
What is a Pill Organizer?
Medication can make it difficult to perform these necessary tasks.
What are Activities of Daily Living (ADL)?
Having a list and knowing these will help with medication organization.
What are Names of Medications?
Finding this can be a sign that medications are not being taken as needed.
What are Full Pill Bottles?
Actively doing this will make your loved ones feel heard and seen.
What is Listening?
These should be read and understood before taking any medications.
What are Medication Instructions?
This sleep disorder can be caused by some prescription drugs, including antidepressants.
What is Insomnia?
Asking about this topic can prevent medications from going bad in the home.
What is Medication Storage?
A change in this can be indicated by changes in skin tone and color, being sleepy, weight gain, and fluid retention.
What is Appearance?
The process of communicating through conscious or unconscious gestures and movements.
What is Body Language?
This mental health issue can affect medication schedules.
What is Depression?
This ability to move or be moved freely and easily can be effected with new medications.
What is Mobility?
Creating these with your pharmacist will help keep track of when to take medications.
What are Dosing Schedules?
Mental changes such as this can be an indication of medication mistakes such as over-medication.
What is Forgetfulness/Confusion?
Keeping this type of outlook and mindset will help your loved ones feel the same.
What is Positive?
Individual who can assist families in managing medications.
Who are In-Home Caregivers?
If this is affected by medications, the individual might not want to eat their food.
What is Appetite?
Pharmacists can help with this treatment for illness such as COVID-19, influenza, and shingles.
What are Vaccinations?
Issues with medication can cause seniors to have trouble maintaining/running their what?
What is Homes?
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
What is Empathy?
Condition that can cause seniors to be unable to open their medication bottles.
What is Arthritis?
Reactions such as dizziness or nausea can are classified as an unexpected what?
What are Side-Effects?
If this situation occurs, you should ask the pharmacist for advice on remembering doses.
What is a Missed Dose?
Dizziness and light-headedness can indicate that what is being affected by medication?
What is Mobility?
Discussing these from the very beginning will help prevent medication mistakes.
What are Medication Instructions?