Medication Management & Adherence is an ongoing theme in our Longevity Explorer discussions.
We are exploring the existing solutions, and what our explorers see as the problems with those solutions. We are also exploring in depth how our older adult explorers manage their own medications, and a number of very different approaches have emerged.
We hope innovators will find our insights helpful as they design new products and services.
The Livi Pill Dispenser is designed to help you improve your adherence to the medication regimen prescribed by your healthcare providers. It does that by helping to organize your medication; remind you which pills to take and when to take them; and helping you to refill your prescriptions when you need to.
The Hero Pill Dispenser is designed to help you improve your adherence to the medication regimen prescribed by your healthcare providers. It does that by helping to organize your medication; remind you which pills to take and when to take them; and helping you to refill your prescriptions when you need to.
The MedaCube is designed to help you improve your adherence to the medication regimen prescribed by your healthcare providers. It does that by helping to organize your medication; remind you which pills to take and when to take them; and helping you to refill your prescriptions when you need to.
The MedMinder is designed to help you improve your adherence to the medication regimen prescribed by your healthcare providers. It does that by helping to organize your medication; remind you which pills to take and when to take them; and helping you to refill your prescriptions when you need to.
There are many, many pill boxes and pill organizer solutions to choose from in your local drugstore or on Amazon. Unsurprisingly, not all of them are equally good. The Longevity Explorers have strong views about what to look for in a pill box. Here are their recommendations, and a list of the “things to watch for”. … Read more
“Good” medication management is widely believed to be desirable, by older adults as well as by clinicians. This article is about what factors make medication management systems useful for a given person, and outlines a series of circumstances for which specific features of these products can be helpful. Think of this as a “how to get started” guide to the topic of medication management systems.
Learn what older adults themselves think about the challenges of medication management. The Voices of Older Adults: Managing Medications There has been a lot written about medication management for older adults. But it is rare to hear from older adults themselves. In this synthesis of explorer discussions, you can hear medication management tips … Read more
We set out to pick the best pill reminder app to share with the explorers in our Useful Apps Club. We found two apps we want to recommend, each of which is good for a slightly different life situation. This article describes which features we selected as important and why; summarizes the results of our … Read more
In a recent analysis of pill reminder apps, we had cause to examine 22 apps that helped in one way or another with medication management. Read our analysis, and see the Apps we preferred for managing medication here. There were a number of the 22 Apps which we felt fell short in various ways, … Read more
A lesson of The Useful Apps Club Lesson Objective In this lesson you will learn how to set up and use the Medisafe iPhone App (application) to remind you to take a medication on time. We will also touch on a few other features of the Medisafe app. Most of the steps are illustrated with … Read more