A Medication Calendar to Assist Old People with Drug Dose

Abstract

For elderly patients, dosing is crucial for their healthy life. Many of theme are requested to take medicine regularly without any mistake. To assist their daily drug dosing, a medication calendar to guide them is proposed. The calendar has 28 pockets, with reed switches attached on the back. With the use of a microprocesor the reed switch signal is read and used to guide the users with their drug dose with a voice command.