a guest post written for Happy Healthy Caregiver by Kimber Westmore
My Caregiving Medication Management Nightmare
in half?” The doctor waited for my reply. Did I just hear the doctor right? Had I been over-medicating my mom, inadvertently reducing her blood pressure to dangerous levels?
My Caregiving Medication Management Success
to a piece of paper, recording the name and time-to-dispense next to each. It was a desperate move to get our family all on the same page.
with each meal.
taped, wrinkled paper, providing them with all the information they needed. Confusion was eliminated. The fog lifted. This tool helped me protect my mom, as well as the admissions personnel, from reacting without all the necessary information. Too many emergency rooms team members face similar dilemmas.
sheet. The information revealed that she was on multiple heart medications. The information helped them reverse their initial decision to operate. Instead, they chose to wait three days to let the medications which thin her blood leave her system. 
Caregiver Turned Inventor
I watched as the frustrated nurse lined up bottle after bottle in a row, to read each label and determine if this was a current medication or not. Surprisingly, and often, medical staff raved about my simple guide.
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