As a caregiver, you may find yourself helping with, giving and/or managing many different medicines, filling and picking up prescriptions, and monitoring schedules. You see the results of any side effects and must react accordingly. Yet medicine is often considered the responsibility of the health professional and the patient, even though caregivers play a larger role and more drugs are being used outside of hospitals and doctors’ offices.

In some situations you might give medicine directly, rather than supervise or assist. You might be a senior yourself, and the conditions and challenges described on this site apply to you as well as the people you are helping.

We are doing this Project because we recognize the growing role of caregivers and their need for support. We offer the following suggestions and hope you find them helpful. Check back often because we’ll be updating as the Project progresses.

Check our Links for other organizations.

Our Caregivers of Seniors/Tools section contains resources and information such as a screening tool/resource guide, workshop manual, medicine chart and more.

Also, our Caregivers of Seniors/FAQ and Caregivers of Children with Chronic Illness/FAQ might be of use to you as well.