Help with administering medication
We’ve put together a few tips to help you or your loved one with administering medication.
1. Organising and planning medication
It’s a really good idea to write a plan of all your or your family member’s current medications and the times allotted to take them. Keep a copy of the list in your wallet or handbag so it’s ready to take to appointments with you. It might also be worth noting down any allergies or intolerances.
2. Medication reminders
If you or your loved one has a few medications to take each day at different times you could ask your pharmacist to write out a daily timetable. Chemists also usually sell pill organisers or boxes with labelled compartments for different days of the week or times of day.
3. Taking the stress out of medication
Make sure you or your loved one always has enough
medication, especially if there’s a bank holiday or
weekend coming up as this might delay getting medication.
You might be able to get regular repeat
prescriptions through the Electronic Prescription Service
(EPS), which lets you pick up your prescription at a local
pharmacy. Ask your GP or pharmacist for more details. You
or your loved one might also be able to have medication
delivered directly to your/their home.
4. Organising your prescriptions
We can organise prescriptions for you or your loved one.
If you or your loved one is taking medication - particularly a
few different sorts - it can be challenging to manage.
Caremark is here to take the stress out of medication
management and organising prescriptions.
Our carers are only too happy to manage your or
your family member’s medication and liaise with doctors and
pharmacists to order more, or we can assist in prompting you
to take your medication and simply be there for vital extra
support.
Here we look at what Caremark’s
medication assistance services can offer you and your family.
Dealing with medications shouldn’t be difficult
Many people of all ages find it difficult to manage medication. We can offer you or your family member assistance to ensure you are taking the right medicine at the right time. We can prompt, remind, or give full support by administering medication.
Monitored dosage
We can assist you or your family member by arranging to have the prescribed medication put into a Monitored Dosage System by the pharmacist. Although this involves remembering to take the medication at the right time, it takes away the worry of organising or re-ordering medication, which takes a lot of the stress away. With this system, once the medication has been taken it will be clearly marked to avoid confusion.