Medication Safety and Poison Prevention for Seniors
With the older population increasing and many of them taking more and more health remedies, poisonings are also increasing. Use the materials below to share poison prevention education with this older population.
- Medicine and Poison Prevention lesson plan (pdf)
- Medicine and Prevention script (pdf)
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Medicine Safety and Poison Prevention PowerPoint - To Run from Web- Click Link:
Medicine Safety and Poison Prevention PowerPoint
Keeping a list of medicines is one of the best ways to prevent poisoning. For a sample of a medicine tracking card, click on the link below. There are several medicine card formats to choose from.
For additional information about the UPCC's education programs, contact Marty Malheiro, MS, CHES.