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Medication Management Clinics and Visits
The majority of seniors juggle five or more medications each day. The Medication Management Program can help seniors or their family caregivers maximize the benefits of seniors' prescriptions by providing information about:
- Medications and any precautions
- Interactions of different medications
- Effects of over-the-counter drugs, vitamins, and herbal remedies
- How to organize medications to make them easier to manage
… And answers to any other questions they might have.
Our Medication Management staff are also available to talk to seniors' physician or pharmacist if needed.
SERVICES
Seniors or their family caregivers may receive free support through brown bag clinics at senior centers and other community locations and medication and safety assessment home visits for chronically ill, fragile seniors.
ELIGIBILITY AND FUNDING
Medication management services are open to persons age 60 and over and their family members or other caregivers who assist with the senior's medications. The participant must also meet the residency guidelines below. The program is free thanks to a grant from HESSCO Elder Services and the Executive Office of Elder Affairs with Title III funds from the Older American's Act as well as VNA Care Network & Hospice. Confidential voluntary donations are accepted and are used to directly increase services provided under this program.
Services are open to residents of Canton, Dedham, Foxboro, Medfield, Millis, Norfolk, Norwood, Plainville, Sharon, Walpole, Westwood, and Wrentham.
INFORMATION
For more information or to arrange services, contact our Medication Management Program at 888-663-3688, ext. 5603 or msendrowski@vnacarenetwork.org. All inquiries and services provided remain confidential.
Upcoming Medication Management Clinics
Seniors can register for an individual nursing consultation. Our wellness nurse will check for potential interactions, answer questions, organize medications to make taking them easier, and more. An appointment is required. Participants are asked to bring all of their medications, vitamins, and herbal remedies and their doctor's name and phone number. Clinics are scheduled for:
- Millis: Kennedy Terrace, 310 Exchange St., from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 19. To schedule an appointment, call Candice Loewen at 508-376-8181.
- Canton: Council on Aging, 660 Washington St., from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 16. To schedule an appointment, call Diane Tynan at 781-828-1323.
- Norfolk: Council on Aging, 28 Medway Branch Road, from 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 21. To schedule an appointment, call Norma Shruhan at 508-528-4430.
- Sharon: Stoney Brook Court, 51 Hixson Farm Road, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. March 6. To schedule an appointment, call Suzanne Beaulieu at 781-793-0171.
- Walpole: Council on Aging, 135 School St., 9 a.m. to noon March 9. To schedule an appointment, call Barbara Coghlan at 508-668-3330.
- Wrentham: Council on Aging, 400 Taunton St., 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 15. To schedule an appointment, call Janet Angelico at 508-384-5425.
- Medfield: Council on Aging, 1 Ice House Road, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 20. To schedule an appointment, call Roberta Lynch at 508-359-3665.
- Westwood: Council on Aging, 60 Nahatan St., 9 a.m. to noon March 29. To schedule an appointment, call Carol McCarron at 781-329-8799.
- Norwood: Nahatan Village, 86 Nahatan St., 9 a.m. to noon April 27. To schedule an appointment, call Pam Chubet at 781-762-8115, ext. 208.