I am sorry to hear that you are having trouble with your aging parent taking his medications. Unfortuantely, this is a common problem among aging parents. Our AgingCare.com editors wrote an article on medication management that might help you get your dad to take his BP are Blood sugar meds.
marylf2008, do you know why he won't take these pills?
My mother would take her blood pressure pills if her ankles were swollen. If they looked OK she said she didn't need the pills. Sigh. The concept that you might need to take pills to PREVENT symptoms was totally foreign to her and took a LOT of explanations and convincing. I think she still doesn't get it but since everyone makes such a fuss about it she is now trying to humour us.
I am sorry to hear that you are having trouble with your aging parent taking his medications. Unfortuantely, this is a common problem among aging parents. Our AgingCare.com editors wrote an article on medication management that might help you get your dad to take his BP are Blood sugar meds.
Why Elders Don't Take Their Meds...and What To Do About It
https://www.agingcare.com/articles/medication-problems-elderly-people-have-146111.htm
Best of luck!
My mother would take her blood pressure pills if her ankles were swollen. If they looked OK she said she didn't need the pills. Sigh. The concept that you might need to take pills to PREVENT symptoms was totally foreign to her and took a LOT of explanations and convincing. I think she still doesn't get it but since everyone makes such a fuss about it she is now trying to humour us.