{"id":263,"date":"2016-01-12T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/?p=263"},"modified":"2025-06-02T22:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T22:09:03","slug":"hug-your-pharmacist-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/12\/hug-your-pharmacist-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Hug Your Pharmacist Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-shot-2016-01-10-at-10.33.23-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-shot-2016-01-10-at-10.33.23-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2016-01-10 at 10.33.23 AM\" width=\"1017\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-shot-2016-01-10-at-10.33.23-AM.png 1017w, https:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-shot-2016-01-10-at-10.33.23-AM-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1017px) 100vw, 1017px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>January 12th is Pharmacist Day, and it\u2019s time to share a tip straight from Chapter Five of <em>The Dutiful Daughter&#8217;s Guide to Caregiving<\/em>, entitled \u201cKosher Pickles. Check. Blood Pressure Meds. Check.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You may not realize it, but when caring for an aging parent, one of the most valuable relationships you can cultivate is with their local pharmacist.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for me, my mom was a smart cookie who\u2019d already thought of that. She was a regular at Harrison\u2019s Pharmacy, which was only a 2 minute drive from her home. And while it wasn\u2019t always the cheapest place to fill some of her prescriptions, the assistance we received over a period of time was invaluable. About once a month or whenever a drug was added or subtracted by one of her physicians, the pharmacist would print out an updated list that included what each medication\u00a0was for, and the exact dosage. So, instead of dragging a laundry bag of pill bottles\u00a0with her to each doctor\u2019s appointment, she\u00a0took this list, instead. In addition, she gave copies to me, my siblings, paid caregivers, and also kept one in her handbag for emergency room personnel at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Since older adults can often find themselves under the care of multiple specialists prescribing a cornucopia of drugs, a knowledgeable pharmacist can be the first line of defense when it comes to sounding the alarm about potential side effects and interactions. Especially important, since taking more than three medications daily can increase\u00a0those chances.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, what works for your parent can also work for you. So, next time you visit your own pharmacist, take a minute to say \u201cThanks.\u201d Down the road, it could be a life-saver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 12th is Pharmacist Day, and it\u2019s time to share a tip straight from Chapter Five of The Dutiful Daughter&#8217;s Guide to Caregiving, entitled \u201cKosher Pickles. Check. Blood Pressure Meds. Check.\u201d You may not realize it, but when caring for an aging parent, one of the most valuable relationships you can cultivate is with their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions\/271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.judithdhenry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}