Raise your hand if you think that you should buy a worthless piece of property for $50,000 off an infomercial. Well if you are 85 years old, live alone and forget to take critical medication than the answer is, I guess.
That is precisely what a client’s father did this year. That was just a couple of days before he went into the hospital because of severe dehydration. Thereafter, he ended up in a nursing home to rehabilitate for three weeks.
When he got home and learned of his shopping spree, he was outraged and in complete denial. There was just no way that this fiscally responsible man would have done that.
Ahhh, those pesky IADLs (Instrumental Activities of Daily Living)—medication management, what a drag. This gentleman is on seven medications all of which have to be taken at different times throughout the day.
How could this have been avoided? Unfortunately, for most people, it takes just one incident to realize that the senior needs assistance. This gentleman now has a In-Home Care professional living with him at his home who reminds him to take his medicine and feeds him three squares a day.
To see a personal interview with this man’s son, go to our video archive and click on “Not taking MEDS can be expensive…”
