Does the person I am caring for need medication? If so, which medication, and how do I get hold of it?
How can you help? Who else can help?
Your GP can give information about
this, and prescribe it. If the person is in hospital or a hospice, the doctor
looking after them can discuss medication with you.
The pharmacist can also give
information about different medications.
The person’s doctor can also
suggest using alternative ways of giving the medicine if the person has difficulty
swallowing or keeping it down.
Your doctor/ nurse may arrange
for you to have extra ‘just in case’ medicines at home so that these can be
given if needed.
