If you have an ongoing need for medication an assessment will be made to determine the level of support required at times that suit you and your scheduled medication.
Some clients will be capable of taking their own medication with no input from the care worker, some may need reminding to take the medication and others may need to care worker to actually give them the medication to take.
Medicines come in many forms such as liquids, tablets, capsules, inhalers, creams, skin patches, eye drops, ear drops and nose drops. Our care workers are trained to administer medication using all of these methods and others at times.
Medication Assistance can also include collecting and delivering prescriptions from your pharmacy, we can organise for medications to be administered into a Monitored Dosage System (MDS) by the pharmacist and organise for the disposal of out of date or no longer required medications to avoid stockpiling.
All our health care assistants are extensively trained and assessed in medication administration, to accurately record administered medications on your electronic medication record (MAR) and report any issues with medication to the management team.