I am a nursing student and am currently working in a community health rotation, going into the homes of the elderly and assisting them with their medical needs. I am working with a patient who is taking medication for diabetes, but is having a hard time remembering to take his medication. He is prescribed to take the pills once in the AM and once in the PM with meals. He says he wakes up and eats at all different times of the day and can't remember to always take the pills. He is not taking them regularly and may be going days without taking any, and then having some days where he's taking them more than twice. I am trying to think of some way to remind him to take his pills, regardless of what time he wakes up or if he's out for dinner or whatever his particular circumstance is for that day. He does have a pill box, but does not remember to fill it for the week, so that method does not appear to be effective for this patient. Does anyone have any suggestions?
2007-01-17
17:00:08
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emily g
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Other - General Health Care