Help with eye drops after cataract op

The OP is 5 years old, shelflife the person in question was on her own.

My husband needs eye drops 3 times a day. Due to his Alzheimers Disease I administer them for him . I simply pull the bottom eye lid down - if forms a pouch and eye drops go in there. Easy!

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Have you thought of booking her in to somewhere that offers respite care while she needs the eye drops to be administered? In a similar situation My mother stayed with me and then with my sister and then when the drops were reduced I used to do them on the way to work and come home at lunchtime while my DD volunteered to make sure she was around at bedtime to do the last dose. It really is a problem so if the GP cant book a district nurse I would suggest the respite care.

Does she have a any friends/ relative /neighbour that could help or perhaps contact Age Concern in her area they may have volunteers as it's only a short term thing it may her hard to get a care company to do it but a combination of people may be better one 1 person .perhaps you could come down to stay for a day or two as well.

You can buy at the chemist an eye drop device that helps to administer the drops, i use one as i also have arthritic hands.
They are quite inexpensive to buy.

The district nurse should be doing this, ask her surgery.

daisychain42 the eye drops are an important part of your mum's recovery from the cataract surgery, they're not a minor thing at all.

My husband is currently having eye drops for a different condition and even with no hand problems he finds it easier if I administer them for him.

I would hope that the GP can arrange for your mum to have support with this, but if not ring the adult social care team.

daisychain42 - hope it all goes well for her ?

Thank you for this advice. I have seen the aids, but feel she may well struggle with those still. I will try her GP - I just didn’t want to waste their time during Covid with something that seems relatively minor!

You can certainly ring the GP surgery and request help for your mother. In fact this was one of my jobs, to arrange after care help for people who needed it. I know they have Covid to contend with, but cannot just leave an elderly person with no help, otherwise the surgery will fail. Hope you manage to get help for her.

If you are unable to help her by putting in the drops for her (they are usually antibiotic so are vital)
Ask at a pharmacy as they may well have some aids available that may help.
Also have a look at this link from Moorfields Eye hospital that may help.

www.moorfields.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/Eye%20drop%20compliance%20aids.pdf