Medication safety is incredibly important to healthcare at home since taking the wrong amount can have a detrimental effect on a person’s health, and in some cases be life-threatening. Likewise, forgetting to take medication can be just as serious.
Whether a person is taking long-term medication they are familiar with or a short course of antibiotics or anti-inflammatories, it’s important to follow the recommended medication safety guidance and be familiar with possible side effects.
It is the responsibility of the prescriber (usually a GP or hospital doctor) to make sure a person is on the correct medication. Likewise, it is the responsibility of the individual to make sure it is administered correctly. That’s why some people choose to have healthcare at home help so that they have someone else who can assist them in taking their medication correctly. After all, it can get confusing when you must take several different types of medication each day, some with food and others without.
At Nayland Care, we always carry out a healthcare at home assessment to determine how much support a person needs with their medication. We will provide enough support to ensure safe administration but not too much – this is so that you retain as much control and autonomy as possible.
Our carers are trained to support the full administration of medication, and in some cases, we can supply extra training for specialist medication tasks such as peg feeding.