Medications for Seniors Can Lead to Adverse Side Effects

Anyone who has taken prescription medication understands that it normally includes an extensive listing of possible unwanted effects to watch for. While prescriptions are, naturally, meant to help us, the harm that can result from these adverse reactions can sometimes outweigh the benefit we receive. For senior loved ones, most of whom take numerous medications, […]

Safety First: Important Questions to Ask At Your Neighborhood Pharmacy

People call it “running” errands for a reason – we have the tendency to need to get through them as soon as possible! However, in terms of picking up prescriptions, slowing down and taking additional time to speak with the pharmacist, instead of hurrying through the drive-through, is essential – particularly for older adults who […]

Grace Home Care’s Top Tricks to Make Medication Management Less Scary!

While we know that medications are quite often life-savers, we have also heard plenty of alarming accounts of patients who mistakenly obtained an incorrect medication – either because of a miscommunication with the prescribing medical practitioner or the pharmacy. Yet there is also an inherent hazard to taking any drugs: substance misuse. Just as it […]