memory loss

Posts: 2 · Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Husson College

I am a senior nursing student at Husson College. I have a question that I was hoping to get some ideas on. I am taking community health this semester and I am working with a client who forgets to take her night time medications. She suffers from memory loss due to oxygen toxicity. She has written reminders all over her apartment, she has a weekly pill container where her meds are split up for her for each day between her morning and night time. The only reason she takes her AM medication is because there is a PCA who comes to visit her 4 days a week. She doesn't have any close family members to call and remind her. I have tried just about everything, but she can't even remember to look at a calendar. It's like a cat chasing its tail. Any ideas from anyone would greatly help!
Thankyou very much in advance : )

Posts: 4 · Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Los Angeles

Maybe have like a daily routine where you go and show her when she need to take the medication, there is really know way when she has short term memory loss. I mean maybe she needs a private nurse to be there for her!!!

Posts: 37 · Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Posts: 37 Location: Southern Oregon

Does she have an HS routine like brushing her teeth? Perhaps her meds can be placed in a small paper medicine cup taped to her toothbrush by her morning caregiver?

Posts: 2 · Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Husson College

Thankyou for your suggestions. I will look into trying them out.