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Forgetul & recently bereaved elderly type 2

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Mike Raven

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My father (type 2 on insulin) has recently been bereaved, he's a little forgetful and for as long as I can remember my mother who has now just passed away always took care of reminding him when to take his medication, eat and when to monitor his blood sugar levels. Although family live close by to him, sadly we cannot be with him all the time. Has anyone any ideas on how we can help him monitor things, or any thoughts on watches / gadgets etc that might be useful to give him some of the reminders that our mother would have previously taken care of ?
 
Hi Mike,sorry to hear of the sad situation,does your dad use a modern mobile phone where you could set alarms for him at meds times? If no would it be possible to ring him at meds time or does he take too many for this to be feasible? About monitoring...does he have any carers going in or would this be worth thinking about anyway for some meds times as well? I do hope you can sort something😉
 
Hello Hectorzaza, he does have a mobile however he doesn't always have it close by or carry it with him, he's a little forgetful and has got conditioned over the years to his wife being his reminder ! I've been wondering about perhaps medical reminder watches ? Also wondered whether there are any medical alarm watches / gadgets that also combine a low blood sugar level alarm. Have you any knowledge or experience of any such gadgets ?
 
Welcome to the forum Mike Raven.
As well as setting alarms on a mobile phone (assuming he keeps phone on his person or in same room / in earshot) or a digital phone, a paper with boxes to tick / note blood glucose records and insulin doses, placed somewhere obvious eg where he prepares food / on fridge door, wherever suits your dad's kitchen layout.
If he's taking tablets, then either a dosette box filled by family members or tablets supplied in a box by pharmacist and delivered of collected weekly might help. It doesn't work for injections. There is a gadget which can be fitted to an insulin pen to indicate when last dose was taken, which might help family members to know if dose was taken at right time.
 
Hello and welcome Mike Raven 🙂

This gadget fits to the top of insulin pens - if he uses a pen -and records the time and dose of insulin injections. https://timesulin.com/

There are various gadgets around if you search medication reminders such as Tabtime which has up to 8 alarms per day http://www.tabtime.com/ which can be set up for a few days to help your father remember his tablets.
 
Hello and welcome to forum
 
There may be support available via your Dads GP practice for this. Hopefully your Dad will accept this support. Good luck
 
Hi
If he is on pills as well, then a pivotell medication dispenser could be sought from social care or buy self. This could be linked to a careline and get a verbal reminder to take insulin.
 
Hi Mike - does your father have medication in tablet form - if he does then I would suggest a 7day tablet dispenser box - you could fill it accordingly once a week for him. I have 2 of these & I keep them in my kitchen on the worktop to remind me.
 

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