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Josephine is 68 years old and lives alone in her own house in the countryside. She has arthritis which mainly affects her hands and she is diabetic. She has also recently been diagnosed with dementia after her daughter, Alison, noticed that her mum’s memory was getting worse. The main concern was that Josephine kept forgetting to take her tablets on time and as Alison lived away she was not able to always remind her to take them.
Product Solutions:
Alison purchased an Automatic Pill Reminder & Dispenser (M39476 – see page 396). She has programmed this to alert her mum to take the medication when needed and can check that this has been taken when she visits at the weekend. The village pharmacist has also a spare cassette for this and fills it with Josephine’s medication each week.
Automatic Pill Reminder & Dispenser
Alison was also concerned that her Mum would go out shopping and would forget how to get home or where she was. This was causing a great deal of worry so they sat down and discussed the difficulty and decided that a Location Tracker device would be of benefit – particularly at this early stage where Josephine could still learn how to use it and remember to take it with her. They bought a Personal GPS Tracker (M66261 – see Page 379) and now Alison knows exactly where she is when she is worried and can talk to her Mum to check she is OK.
The Result:
Josephine is very pleased that she has been able to reduce the stress on her daughter with a couple of basic products. Her health has improved as she is taking her medication on time and her GP is extremely pleased as the blood sugar levels have stabilised.
Alison is relieved that her Mum is still able to get out and about but they are able to get in touch with one another easily if either of them is concerned. She can find out at the touch of a button where her mum is to within 5 metres.