It is sometimes difficult to remember whether one has taken one's medication. What techniques might you teach M.P. to help her remember to take her medications each day?
Name at least two.
• Use a day-of-the-week medication holder so she can see whether she has taken her medication for
the day.
• Make a checkmark on her calendar each day when she takes her pills.
• Place her medication bottles in an area that is convenient for her so that she can see the
medications and take them.
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