If you are taking your elder away from home for a doctor’s appointment or to a movie, dinner etc always take your elder’s medications with you.  You never know how long you may be gone and those really shouldn’t be taken late or skipped.  Just get a little pill container and put in the pills you may need for the day and drop them in the back pack or purse.  Men can carry them in their shirt pockets too!  My Dad used to carry his in his pocket (he used one like the one shoen above)  .  He would get up in the morning and Mom would place them in his shirt pocket.  Of course, she made sure he would wear a t-shirt or button down that has a breast pocket. 

Some people think that they can just take their medications when they return home even it fit late.  However; what happens is that now it is too close to the next dose.  So it is very important to keep to your elder’s schedule.  It can really throw off their blood glucose levels. Here is little video that I found about people who are skipping their drugs such as blood pressure medications.  Remember you need to take your pills as the doctor suggests.