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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, not the answer you're looking for but .. I would have a pharmacist weigh in on the timing/dosage/need for every medication. A second opinion.

[b]To often it is *only* the need for medicaion management that sends elders to assisted living. Often they can do everything else for themselves
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There may ba some medications that could be eliminated if the benefit is not as great as the risk to them when the RX is not taken properly. Example: high cholesterol medication.[/quote]

This is really interesting, and I think very accurate. My elderly mom lives with us and is now at 85 showing the first signs of real cognitive decline. However, I had to take over her medication management about a year ago as she was losing track of what she was taking, and skipping doses etc. Now it's to the point where I hold all her meds (I have health care POA as well as legal POA) and give them to her am and pm, as well review with her (using a sheet of paper listing all meds) what each med is for. I use a weekly pill sorter so each day is marked clearly am/pm. She's in pretty good health, but takes meds for cholesterol, blood pressure, depression and must take regularly and at the correct dosage. I can't envision her being able to use any kind of device, even with the pill box and list of meds I use with her. [/quote]

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