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My father is 62 confined to bed due to the severity of his COPD. He also has breathing treatments every fours hours and takes over 12 different meds every 2 to 4 hours. So he can never sleep more than 4 hours at a time and he cant miss a treatment or he spends hours trying to catch his breath. I am his unemployed daughter which has been a like a god send becuase it has allowed me to be able to take care of him. But it is hard sometimes to have the will power to even get out of bed. Those in my position probably know what it is like to not even be thanks or asked for things. And now it has come to the time where I dont know if I can trust him with his meds anymore he has recently started to mess them up and I dont know what to do. I want to take control and monitor his meds but he is being very forcefull about refusing. Which I can understand it is on of the few things he still has control over. But it is scary and expensive that he keeps screwing it up. What should I do?
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sanityLost
Sep 20, 2010
Fluco, I understand completely. My Mom has severe COPD, and does her meds every 4 hours. Mom was messing up her meds and doesn't want any assistance. I tried all kinds of things and finally came up with the bright idea to take 'my' meds when she takes hers. Mine are tic tac candies and chewable fiber tablets. We bought a large pill box for each of us. I fill them weekly and when it's med time I come in and take mine with hers. This has been working pretty well for about a year now. Occasionally she will throw a fit and not want to take her meds. Not much we can do about that, just say okay and try again in 30 minutes.Hang in there and know that you're not alone!
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anne123
Your father can set an alarm clock to go off when it's time to take the next pill(s). The pill boxes with compartments are big helps too. Also, my mother would keep a running "tally" sheet with a columns, and would write down the time each time she took a medication, to keep track.
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