title: The use of technology to help patients with self-medication.
abstract: A high proportion of health and social care staff work with patients who have problems remembering to take medication. This article describes how assistive technology can be used to enable patients to manage their own medication despite the challenges of memory or visual impairment.
authors.affiliation: Intermediate Care, Bristol North Primary Care Trust.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hopkins
mesh_terms: D004349:Drug Packaging; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008569:Memory Disorders; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017010:Reminder Systems