When I arrived in San Francisco from Southern California to help my elderly parents (both with early Alzheimer's-not properly diagnosed until a year later), I found my father's medications all mixed up with my mother's in their weekly plastic pill containers. Since I had Durable Power of Attorney, their doctor's office was legally able to talk to me about my parents' health and all their many medications.
To avoid having a mix up happen again, with Sharpies I color-coded the pill bottle tops...
