Medication Adherence and Reminder Systems

When a parent pushes the pill organizer away, the instinct is to explain harder. It rarely works. What does work is figuring out which kind of refusal you are actually…

When a parent with dementia says “I already took that” or pushes the cup away, the problem is rarely stubbornness. Refusal is usually information: something in the room, the body,…

Plenty of older adults do not use a smartphone, and they do not need one to take their medicine on time. The methods that actually work without apps are low-tech:…

The right pill organizer is not the most advanced one or the most expensive one. It is the one that matches your parent’s real routine, hands, eyesight and home —…