ELDERLY PARENTS?? Revolving Medicine Center with 31 Day Take-Out & Go Pill Holders $27 ship EBAY DLY

VAIndigo said:   Seriously $27??

yep, these things aren't that cheap. price them elsewhere.

Your elder has to have the organizational powers to do this monthly or someone else needs to do that for them. Plus, an item with 30 separate containers to keep track of means that a person with memory problems, such as myself, will have great month-to-month difficulty keeping track of those 30 containers.

Much better in my opinion are the week-at-a-time pill boxes which are contained in a single unit. If you're concerned that someone won't take their meds because they are forgetful this is as likely to make the problem worse than better as it increases the number of discrete items which the patient needs to keep track of when the goal should really be decreasing that number where possible.

GreenTrash said:   Your elder has to have the organizational powers to do this monthly or someone else needs to do that for them. Plus, an item with 30 separate containers to keep track of means that a person with memory problems, such as myself, will have great month-to-month difficulty keeping track of those 30 containers.

Much better in my opinion are the week-at-a-time pill boxes which are contained in a single unit. If you're concerned that someone won't take their meds because they are forgetful this is as likely to make the problem worse than better as it increases the number of discrete items which the patient needs to keep track of when the goal should really be decreasing that number where possible.

obviously, but I don't agree that the week to week are better necessarily. It's time consuming to lay out/organize the pills for a caregiver or the patient. much easier to do it in a 30 day cycle than 4-5 times a month. But if someone is with the person to help them, I fail to see how it makes the problem worse. An elderly person with memory issues isn't going to remember to take their meds whether it's in a 7 day container or 30 day. think you are making a lot out of nothing here.

Here's a Kickstarter idea - an automated pill dispenser... you set the times and days, and it emails you if the pills aren't taken.

Oh wait: http://www.epill.com/medtime.html

I preferred the electronic one that would alert and automatically open when time. They ran about 300$.
If this works, great, otherwise a more advanced one may be necessary.

I must appreciate the fact that the first three words of the topic current read. "HOT Elderly Parents"