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Should I stop?

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Ijustwantpeace2020 Mon 29-Dec-25 17:49:58

Briefly - husband does not have good recent memory and now unwell with chesty cough, as am I. He forgets to drink or take tablets so I’ve been reminding him but he doesn’t think I should. Says he hasn’t asked me to do it. He knows when to take them he says but clearly doesn’t. Do I stop and let him just get on with it? Or do I carry on and try to help him get better?

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kittylester Tue 30-Dec-25 19:55:00

KKOB i'm sure it would be possible to book a phone call if the situation is explained properly.

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FranP Tue 30-Dec-25 20:05:57

Do you make meals? I put my DH tablets on his food tray

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Shel1951 Tue 30-Dec-25 21:32:23

My husband has tablets to take but dosnt always take them, for my own piece of mind I put them in a little dish next to him with a glass of water, then its his choice I can't force him at 72 years of age.

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AuntieE Wed 31-Dec-25 14:52:39

Your husband, or indeed any of us, will be forgetful if he is not drinking enough fluids. So, make sure he is drinking enough water in the course of the day.

Next point even with a pillbox that is clearly marked with the days of the week and morning, midday, evening and night, if he is forgetful or unwilling to take his pills you will still need to remind him, unless you prefer to get a nurse coming in to make sure he takes his medicine.

It is difficult to deal with this kind of behaviour, but he is not going to get better if he doesn't take his medicine, is he? Nor is his memory likely to improve if he is short of fluids.

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Granmarderby10 Thu 01-Jan-26 15:55:16

There is a contraption that drops the dose at a certain time if it comes to that.

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