I've been concerned that my mom's memory care facility is not giving her meds as they should. The medication logs that they provide to me show the same time every day, for example 9am and noon, but I know that they don't give her meds at those times consistently. It might be earlier or later than what shows up on the log which is the same time each day. Shouldn't the time on her med log show the exact time that she took the pill? She has behavioral issues, so sometimes she spits out her pills in front of the nurse. But even on those days, its recorded as meds received.
I'm not familiar with standard procedure for these types of facilities. Does this sound right?
Sometimes medications are ordered by the doctor as BID or TID, meaning twice daily or three times daily and they will be scheduled for 9 a.m. 12 noon, 9 pm or whatever.
If you are POA do know that most MCs will welcome your question regarding medication protocol for their particular facility and will welcome your input regarding your loved one.
Often there are notes, notations, additional care plan instructions for patients such as "Patient pockets meds to remove when you leave; check to be certain swallowed" or "crush and give with chocolate pudding" or "difficulty swallowing; be certain sitting straight up during administration any medications" and so on.
The same procedure is true for those hospitalized.