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Kristi Marie Gott
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Kristi has been a family caregiver and also for 30 years she...

Kristi Marie Gott

Thursday, October 23, 2008
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Symptoms of drowsiness, falling asleep at unusual times, slurred speech, lack of balance and cognitive difficulties occurred for an elderly aquaintance of mine who had drifted into taking all of his medicine at one time of the day for convenience.  Doctors were not aware that he had gradually si...
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    Sue
    Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 10:38 PM

    Gosh it really is important to take medications when and how the doctor prescribes, particularly when taking mutiple drugs. 

     

    It also brings to mind  the need for folks to be aware of their elderly neightbors, who might not have family in the area.  Though you might not be able to go to the doctor for your neighbor, there are many ways to check in and mak esure everything is going all right.

     

    Thanks for this greta post - much needed information.

     

    All the best, sue

     

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