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Medication Management and Adherence:  Older Adult Perspectives

The Impact Theme series: Longevity Explorers Discuss.

Medication Management & Adherence is an ongoing theme in our Longevity Explorer discussions.

We are exploring the existing solutions, and what our explorers see as the problems with those solutions. We are also exploring in depth how our older adult explorers manage their own medications, and a number of very different approaches have emerged.

We hope innovators will find our insights helpful as they design new products and services.

 

Hear what Older Adults Think: Medication Management and Adherence

Pill Holders @ SF

SF Longevity Explorers discuss the pros and cons of a variety of pill holders.

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Pill Holders @ SF

 

A Guided Exploration of Pill Management Methods

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

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A Guided Exploration of Pill Management Methods

 

What I do about pill organization and consistent maintenance.

By: N8

I would like to share what I do about pill organization and consistent maintenance.

I started out using the "day of the week" organizers pictured, which are sold in drugstores. That worked for a while, but I found that my memory of what medicines I take began fading because each pill was... Read More. Add your Opinions

 

Timer Pill Caps @ SRC

The Saratoga Retirement Community Explorer group is introduced to a new device in pill management: Pill bottles with caps that keep the elapsed time since the bottle was last opened.

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Timer Pill Caps @ SRC

 

Pill Bottle Timer Caps @SF

The group examines pill container caps (TimerCap) that mark the elapsed time since it was last opened. Samples of the timer caps on pill containers are passed around the group for comments.

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Pill Bottle Timer Caps @SF

 

Hero At Explorer Circle SF

San Francisco Explorers learn about an automatic pill dispenser which was recently included in a Tech-enhanced Life feature article on the topic.

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Hero At Explorer Circle SF

 

Suit Yourself: Different Pill Boxes Meet Different Needs

Saratoga Retirement Community Explorers discuss the pros and cons of a variety of pill storage and dispensing devices.

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Suit Yourself: Different Pill Boxes Meet Different Needs

 

How Judy Packs Her Pills for Travel

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

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How Judy Packs Her Pills for Travel

 

Managing Medications, Pleasanton

How do you manage your medications? Members describe the various ways they keep track of their medications.

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How we Manage Medication While Traveling

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.

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How we Manage Medication While Traveling

 

Shelf liner for gripping: more use cases

These explorers report on yet more uses for grippy shelf liner, as a way to compensate for poor grip in one's hands, as a result of arthritis and related conditions.

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Shelf liner for gripping: more use cases

 

Medication Organizer Gadget Show & Tell @ EVC

Longevity Explorers at Eskaton Village Carmichael explore and discuss a variety of products designed to organize and store various types of pills.

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Medication Organizer Gadget Show & Tell @ EVC

 

Talking Alarm Clock Explored

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

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Talking Alarm Clock Explored

 

Pill Management Gadgets @ SRC

The Saratoga Longevity Explorers examine a variety of gadgets available in the marketplace to help manage ones medications.

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Pill Management Gadgets @ SRC

 

Show and Tell: Pill Containers Evaluated, Discussed

Commonwealth Explorers explore pill organizers and discuss medication management techniques.

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Show and Tell: Pill Containers Evaluated, Discussed

 

Pill Management Gadgets @ SSF

The Explorer group explore a variety of medicaton management gadgets and have a range of comments and questions about them.

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Pill Management Gadgets @ SSF

 

How to Remove a Childproof Cap: Explorer Tip

Explorer Bani offers a novel solution to the perennial problem of how someone with arthritic hands can remove a childproof 'push down and twist' pill bottle cap.

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Medication Management: EVC discussion

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.

Listen to: "Medication Management: EVC discussion"

 

 

How these Explorers Manage Medications

Sequoias SF explorers compare different approaches they use to managing their medications (pills).

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Explorers Report 'Reminder Rosie' Observations

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.

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Explorers Report 'Reminder Rosie' Observations

 

Explorers Discuss Reminder Rosie, Siri, and Alexa

Longevity Explorers at Saratoga Retirement Community are introduced to Reminder Rosie, a memory aid in the form of a talking alarm clock.

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Explorers Discuss Reminder Rosie, Siri, and Alexa

 

A Handy Pillbox

Explorer Dick shared one of his everyday gadgets: A repurposed Altoids tin to carry a small 'emergency' supply of suppliments and medications. With a little paper packing, everything stays neatly in place until the need arises.

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A Handy Pillbox

 

Medication Reminders: EVC circle discussion

This group's discussion segued into a conversation about reminders to help take medication on time. Among other things, the members talked about the usefulness of reminders depending on both a person's level of cognition, and also the number of times a day one needs to take medication, and the critical-ness of it happening at a precise time.

Listen to: "Medication Reminders: EVC circle discussion"

 

 

Medication Reminder and Velcro Shirt Closures

I need a way to help not forget to take my medications on time. AND, I have trouble with my shirt buttons and want to get a short with Velcro closures but don't know where to go.

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Medication adherence: HYS Circle discussion July 2014

At the July 9 AIP meet-up, an ad-hoc group of people spent approximately 30 minutes discussing the topic of medication adherence.

Listen to: "Medication adherence: HYS Circle discussion July 2014"

 

 

Topic Hub

Medication Management, Pill Reminders & Medication Adherence Tools.

Medication Management Guide: Tools & Strategies

Medication Management Guide: Tools & Strategies. Research from Tech-enhanced Life into Medication apps, pill organizers, medication reminders, and medication lists. Comparative evaluations and reviews.

Read: "Medication Management Guide: Tools & Strategies"

 

 

About the Impact Theme Series

Our Longevity Explorers (hundreds of older adults with ages ranging from 60-95 years old) meet regularly to discuss topics at the intersection of aging and technology.

Among the many topics we discuss in these meetings, we have been exploring some specific themes which we think are going to be very important for older adults in the future, and which in our opinion are ripe for innovation. These make up our Impact Themes, and Medication Management and Adherence is one of these themes.

In these discussions:

  • We share how we do things today;
  • We explore and critique existing products;
  • We talk about challenges we have that we wish products could solve; and
  • We dream up product concepts we wish someone like you would develop.

If you are developing products or services for older adults in the category of Medication Management and Adherence, listen to the Longevity Explorer discussions on this page to get insights about how to develop better products and services for older adults.

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Topics (broader coverage of this theme): 
Medication