MIL has for the last few days ( weeks, not sure now) been resisting taking her medication, I first noticed a stockpile of pills in her bedroom when helping look for a lost wardrobe key ( another story, she suddenly after 3 years felt the need to lock her wardrobe door, and then of course couldn't find where she'd put the key!)
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I started to watch what she was doing, and she now folds up her pills in a bit of tissue or her hanky until she can dispose of them. Last night, I watched her for over 30 mins in an effort to make sure she took her Aricept, after her finding all sorts of excuses, her tea was too hot, she'd take it in a minute, No, I didn't need to get her any water.
I did think that keep finding the pills on the floor was because she forgot and knocked them off her tray, but it's become evident she is avoiding taking them. She will ony take the one Beta Adelat because she thinks it's an iron tablet!!!
What do I do now? I'm all for allowing AD patients to make their own decisions, but she has to take the Aricept, 2 different blood pressure tabs, an anti depressant and a water tablet, too.
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I started to watch what she was doing, and she now folds up her pills in a bit of tissue or her hanky until she can dispose of them. Last night, I watched her for over 30 mins in an effort to make sure she took her Aricept, after her finding all sorts of excuses, her tea was too hot, she'd take it in a minute, No, I didn't need to get her any water.
I did think that keep finding the pills on the floor was because she forgot and knocked them off her tray, but it's become evident she is avoiding taking them. She will ony take the one Beta Adelat because she thinks it's an iron tablet!!!
What do I do now? I'm all for allowing AD patients to make their own decisions, but she has to take the Aricept, 2 different blood pressure tabs, an anti depressant and a water tablet, too.