Anonymous wrote:Is your mom in Florida?

FWIW, a few years ago (during pandemic) the law was changed so that virtually anyone who can give medications. That includes people WITHOUT any medical training like support staff. All they have to do is pass an on-line training course.

I have been in facilities where the cleaning people have taken the training and now give meds. They get a small increase in hourly wage for doing so.

This is a good thing, PP. Otherwise it costs too much for eldercare. Unless it's inserting an IV, heck yes, you and I and the next person could give meds.

Is your mom in Florida?

FWIW, a few years ago (during pandemic) the law was changed so that virtually anyone who can give medications. That includes people WITHOUT any medical training like support staff. All they have to do is pass an on-line training course.

I have been in facilities where the cleaning people have taken the training and now give meds. They get a small increase in hourly wage for doing so.

I developed relationships, good relationships with many on staff where my parents lived. Once my parents passed-on, I missed some of them a little.

Talk to someone in charge, not in an accusatory way, but say you want to learn more.

Anonymous wrote:Even if she spits it out she received the med so it has to be logged. What medication are you worried she isn’t getting? Elderly people even in memory care don’t lose their right so if they spit out medication they can’t be forced to take it.

Even if they can't force it, there should be an accurate record of what she actually ingested.

Can you visit?

Even if she spits it out she received the med so it has to be logged. What medication are you worried she isn’t getting? Elderly people even in memory care don’t lose their right so if they spit out medication they can’t be forced to take it.

I've been concerned that my mom's memory care facility is not giving her meds as they should. The medication logs that they provide to me show the same time every day, for example 9am and noon, but I know that they don't give her meds at those times consistently. It might be earlier or later than what shows up on the log which is the same time each day. Shouldn't the time on her med log show the exact time that she took the pill? She has behavioral issues, so sometimes she spits out her pills in front of the nurse. But even on those days, its recorded as meds received.

I'm not familiar with standard procedure for these types of facilities. Does this sound right?