Care recipient (cr) has trouble remembering to take his her medications each day

Try: Put notes around the house to remind cr to take medicines each day

Materials: Post-it notes black marker

Categories: Sage, Topic, Medical Physical, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

Information: And location of papers in a notebook if papers are in a bank safe deposit box keep copies in a file at home check regularly to see if there there’s anything new to add

References: caring for a person with alzheimer’s disease your easy-to-use guide from the national institute on aging by national institute on aging 2011 available at www nia nih gov

Keywords: Medication management memory loss forgets to take meds forgets to take pills

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed

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