Medication Management and Adherence:  Older Adult Perspectives

SF Village explorers join in a guided exploration of five key questions about how they organize and manage their pills (prescriptions and dietary suppliments).

Explorer Judy tells the group about how she manages her pills, especially for travel.

Explorer Rosalie expresses concern that people using daily pill organizer boxes may become confused when traveling to other time zones, and wonders what one should do about this issue? The group has thoughts and some answers.

The Aging in Place Technologies Meetup discussed medication management in June. In gory detail. The discussion audio is included.

Explorer Bob reports on his talking alarm clock which he uses for medication reminders.

Commonwealth Explorers explore pill organizers and discuss medication management techniques.

Explorer Shirley introduces two pain relief products for the group to compare and discuss - one is a 'name brand' and the other a 'house brand'.

The group discusses how the receiver for the Dexcom G4 continuous glucose monitor could be improved for ease of use by older adults.

Explorers explain how they keep track of their medications, starting with Explorer Karen who relies on her mobile phone to remind her to take a dose from her 'AM' or 'PM' box with daily doses.

Explorers Ayanna and Lynn report on their experiences, as well as the those of several of their friends using Reminder Rosie, the talking alarm clock, during the past month. Then the explorers discuss and comment.

Explorer Roberto leads off the discussion with a review of an AARP article on the over prescription and over use of pain medication.

A circle member reports back on initial exploration into the topic of pill crushers. This is a followup to the prior month's discussion in which the group talked about the need for a pill crusher.