My sister, still living independently with Alzheimers -carers 4 times daily and 3 days a week at day care (as well as my own contribution to her care - I live about 30 miles from her)
Recently there have been changes in the carers attending my sister and I have found that some of them are leaving her pain killers ( prescribed 2 co-codamol four times a day) out for her with a note of when she should take them. This is totally unsuitable for K as she does not remember that the tablets have been left out and does not remember to take them. I have spoken to the home care manager about my concerns, especially when I found 8 tablets in K's spectacle case about 10 days ago. K's dossett box is kept in a med safe and carers should supervise the actual taking of the prescribed medication at the correct time of day. This seems to be causing an increasing problem.
I heard recently that pain patches are useful for some sufferers of chronic pain and wondered if anyone on the forum has had experience of using them with their PWD.
Any advice or information will be much appreciated - thank you
Recently there have been changes in the carers attending my sister and I have found that some of them are leaving her pain killers ( prescribed 2 co-codamol four times a day) out for her with a note of when she should take them. This is totally unsuitable for K as she does not remember that the tablets have been left out and does not remember to take them. I have spoken to the home care manager about my concerns, especially when I found 8 tablets in K's spectacle case about 10 days ago. K's dossett box is kept in a med safe and carers should supervise the actual taking of the prescribed medication at the correct time of day. This seems to be causing an increasing problem.
I heard recently that pain patches are useful for some sufferers of chronic pain and wondered if anyone on the forum has had experience of using them with their PWD.
Any advice or information will be much appreciated - thank you