Got an email: My mom's hands seem to be losing the sense of touch. Has anyone invented a tool that she could use to pick up pills? If she has three in her hand, she will drop at least one of them.
So we started digging:
- Mab's idea is using those large daily pill dispensers, and at dosage time, pouring the pills into a cup or a mug with a handle.
- Wet your fingertip.
- "We resort to putting the pills in a little applesauce and if handling a utensil is not as problematic as fingering an object – it’s an alternative. The pills stick to the applesauce and they go down smoothly, as well." Mab said: not too much applesauce, because you don't want them dissolving before you get them down.
- Or push them into a Fig Newton (but what about biting into the pills?)
- “Dropping pills is a problem for anyone with hand issues (e.g., arthritis). A shallow silicone bowl to tip pills into lets you see what you have & makes it easier to get pills, by gripping table, not allowing pills to roll away, & providing wall to help catch.” e.g., the ezpz Happy Bowl
- Double-shot sized shot glass for the meds.
- Pour pills over a felt tablecloth or contrasting color mouse pad below to see if a pill fell out.
- A single-pill dispenser.
- A pharmacist pill tray.
Any ideas? Comments appreciated.
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