NEW INVENTION REMINDS SENIORS IT’S MEDICATION TIME

NEW INVENTION REMINDS SENIORS IT’S MEDICATION TIME

ATLANTA (Wireless Flash) – A new invention is helping remind senior citizens to take their medication. The device looks like a coffee maker only it dispenses pills with an attention-getting flashing light and a mechanical voice that says, “Time to take your medication.” If the patient doesn’t respond to the voice after 40 minutes, the machine dials up a monitoring company which telephones the oldsters to remind them to take their meds. A spokesman for MED-Companion says the main problem seniors have with prescriptions isn’t that they aren’t willing to take them, but they just don’t remember to take them. The machine and monitoring service cost about $100 per month.

Thu 08-16-01