I have an older relative who is in the early stages of Alzheimers disease, and he is so forgetful, he could never remember to take his pills. This machine works great for him. He has used it for two or three years, and with the help of this Medready machine, he now takes his pills about 90% of the time. He takes pills twice daily, which means I can load up this Medready with 14 days of pills. Initially, he was resistant to using it, because he claimed he never forgot to take his pills (so how come a 30-day supply of pills would last 8 weeks?) But once he started using this machine, he began to like it. The Medready comes with some instructions for how to get someone accustomed to using it. They suggest that when you first start using this, you telephone your relative at the exact time of day the machine is set to dispense the pills. That was good advice, and worked for us. After using the machine for a couple of weeks, he said what a great machine it is. Okay, so fast forward two or three years. I recently visited this older relative one morning, and I saw that the Medready machine was missing from his apartment. Apparently he had gotten confused, and tossed it into the dumpster. This happened twice over a period of several weeks. So after buying a replacement Medready machine, I drilled holes in the base of the machine, and I bolted it to my relative's dining room table. Now he can't remove it, and for the past month he has once again been taking his pills just fine.
Let me comment on some of the other reviews I have seen here. Some people have pointed out that this machine is a Godsend because it has enabled their older relative to continue living independently. That is certainly the case with me, too. I wish we'd had these things 20 years ago, when my mother was still alive, and was suffering from dementia.
Secondly, the caregiver (or whoever fills the machine) must take the time to thoroughly READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. From some of the comments, it seems clear that some people never set up their machine properly when they first got it. Yes, I agree that the instructions are not the best. Medready should probably take another look and see if the instructions can be improved. But I am no Einstein, and I was able to figure them out. When you first get this thing, plan to take a couple of hours to read everything, look at the pictures provided, and set it up, and play around with it. You can set the alarms up to four times per day, at whatever times you decide. My model comes with an audible alarm and a flashing alarm light. But I actually have the audible alarm turned off, because just the sound of the machine activating is fairly loud by itself, and I knew my older relative would be irritated by any alarm. Every patient is different, and you will have to decide what will work best for your situation, but I like having the option to activate or de-activate the alarms. (The machine makes sort of a loud clicking sound when it activates, even with the audible alarm turned off. I do wish the flashing light was more obvious though.)
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MedReady TopMedReady top view. Medication is under lock and key. Tamper resistant and only one dose is available at any one time. |
MedReady ProfileMedready is designed to sit on a flat surface and has sticky feet to prevent it from sliding around when accessing medication. |
MedReady Retail BoxThe 1700FL comes with a visual red LED that flashes in conjunction with the audible alert. The Flashing Light and the Audible alert can be disabled independently. |
MedReady ContentsMedReady comes complete with everything you need to get started dispensing medication. |
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| Sold By | MedReady, Inc | DBROTH | DBROTH | DBROTH |
| compartments | 29 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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| weight | 1.38 kilograms | 0.95 kilograms | 1.07 kilograms | 0.87 kilograms |
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This thing is not good and belongs in the trash.
The picture is what I think of the med ready and their support. The thing is built so cheaply the compartment door won’t trigger the alarm shut off switch without slamming it open. My wife, with some dementia, who needs the thing, can’t use it. The support people just said that’s the way they are all built, so what you have is what you get. Then the carousel started jamming between the pill slots and the thing freezes up. I don’t recommend this unit whatsoever.
