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According to the CDC, 39% of adults over 65 took 5 or more medications in the last 30 days. As an occupational therapist, I have seen firsthand how patients struggle to remain compliant with their medication regime. Patients may need assistance in a myriad of tasks and OTs play a key supportive role to the physician and nursing staff by assessing, assisting and instructing in a variety of areas:<\/p>\n
The Occupational Therapy Toolkit includes both Treatments Guides and Patient Education Handouts to help your patients with medication management. Over the years, I have compiled a list of other great resources that you can use in your practice or suggest to patients.<\/p>\n
Enjoy!
\nCheryl Hall, OT
\nAuthor and Illustrator
\nOccupational Therapy Toolkit<\/p>\n
Medlineplus.gov<\/u><\/strong> Pillbox<\/u><\/strong> Partnership for Prescription Assistance<\/u><\/strong> BenefitsCheckUp\u00ae<\/u><\/strong> Epill.com<\/u><\/strong> ForgettingthePill.com<\/u><\/strong> The Med Center System<\/u><\/strong> AccuSERV Pharmacy<\/u><\/strong> OnTimeRx<\/u><\/strong> Walgreens App<\/u><\/strong> Mango Health App<\/u><\/strong> CareZone App<\/u><\/strong> According to the CDC, 39% of adults over 65 took 5 or more medications in the last 30 days. As an occupational therapist, I have seen firsthand how patients struggle to remain compliant with their medication regime. Patients may need assistance in a myriad of tasks and OTs play a…<\/p>\n Read more<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-management"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Medication.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6816"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6858,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6816\/revisions\/6858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe U. S. National Library of Medicine maintains a comprehensive website on prescription and over-the-counter medications including supplements.\u00a0 This resource includes drug databases, the latest news, journal articles and tutorials, as well as links to other reliable websites and experts.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe U. S. National Library of Medicine also provides an easy-to-use website to help patients rapidly and reliably identify medications even without the name of the medication.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThis free<\/u><\/strong> service matches U. S. patients with free or low cost prescription assistance programs and free or low cost clinics. Website is also available in Spanish.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe National Council on Aging offers BenefitsCheckUp\u00ae a comprehensive, free, online tool that connects older adults with medication and health care benefits plus much more including housing and utility assistance, tax relief, veteran benefits, food and nutrition, transportation and much more.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThis commercial website sells a wide range of pill boxes and reminder devices.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThis commercial website sells 100\u2019s of personal reminder products to ensure their customers live in good health and maintain independence.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThis commercial website specializes in medication reminder solutions.\u00a0 Their signature product is a monthly pill organizer with built-in alert system that focuses on the date rather than the day of the week.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThis pharmacy offers AccuPac\u00ae.\u00a0 A patient\u2019s pills are pre-sorted and packaged based on the time of day of the dosage. Each packet is clearly labeled with the medication names and time of dose. There is no additional charge for this service; patients will pay their 30 day co-pay.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThis commercial website offers software that delivers timely emails, phone calls, text messages, desktop computer alerts or mobile alerts to keep track of medications or medical testing.\u00a0 Free trials are available before purchase.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nIf your patient is a Walgreen customer, this firm\u2019s award winning app provides medication reminders and automatic refills.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThis free app, available for Android or Apple platforms, manages medications and lets patients set reminders for healthy habits like blood pressure monitoring.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThis app can manage all your health information including prescription reminders, medication lists, health care appointments and contact information.
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"