Medication support routine: 6 steps, start to finish

A routine for helping someone take their medication: check the schedule, confirm the dose, support them, record it, and store it safely. In Unmiss, the "Medication support routine" routine has 6 steps. In the library it begins at 8:00 AM with "Check the medication schedule" and ends with "Store medication safely" at 8:25 AM.

The steps

1. 8:00 AM Check the medication schedule
2. 8:05 AM Confirm medication and dose
3. 8:10 AM Prepare water or food if needed
4. 8:15 AM Support taking medication
5. 8:20 AM Record completion
6. 8:25 AM Store medication safely

These are the library's suggested times, starting at 8:00 AM, with every day as its suggested days. Change any step or time to fit your own.

How to use it in Unmiss

1. Open Routines, tap +, and choose "Medication support routine" from the library.
2. It opens with these steps and times. Change anything you like, then save it.
3. Open the routine and tap Start. Unmiss shows one step at a time, and a step is done when you say it is.
4. A routine you haven't scheduled never starts by itself. With a subscription you can also give it days of its own.

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