If you or an aging loved one has been diagnosed with dementia, it can be a challenge for you and your loved ones. If you are caring for someone with dementia, managing medication can be a very difficult task. The following information will help you understand how to manage medications for people with dementia. You can then use that information to help you find ways to make caretaking easier.

Why Is It Difficult?

The number of people with dementia is increasing rapidly because people are now living longer than ever before. Elderly people with dementia often experience communication barriers due to which they don’t take their medication regularly. This hampers their ability to cope with the disease. If you are caring for someone with dementia, it is essential to have strong communication as this will help manage medication effectively to improve the patient’s quality of life.

Use a Reminder System

People can put a reminder on their refrigerator door and even set a timer on their phone or alarm clocks as to when to take the medicine. Similarly, a pillbox can help organize the patient’s medication so that they can take it at different times every day.

Fill Your Prescriptions at One Place

If you use multiple pharmacies to fill your prescriptions, then that can be hard to keep track of and manage. Try to use one pharmacy to fill your medication as this also helps in keeping the medication records better organized.

Make a Re-Fill Schedule

By making a refill schedule your pharmacist can help make sure you do not run out of medicines. A lot of people miss out on their medicines for several because of this which causes harm to their health.

Check the Expiry Dates Regularly

Expired medicines are harmful, which is why people or caregivers need to keep checking the expiration dates frequently.

Make a List

For humans, the easiest way to remember something is by making a list. Write down on a piece of paper the drugs you are taking and why. Carry this paper in your wallet so that you can show this to a family member or friend in case you have an emergency.

Enroll in a Prescription Assistance Program Today

In your medication management, you don’t have to be alone. Advocate My Meds is a full-service prescription assistance program that can help. We provide medication assistance for people with mental illness, diabetes, and heart disease. We have partnered with reliable pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Merck to help.

Sign up for our prescription assistance program by getting in touch with us today.