2. Your client, Mr. Rotel, insists on keeping his medicine for arthritis on his coffee table. While you are getting a glass of w
ater for Mr. Rotel, you notice several pictures drawn by his 3-year-old grandson. How might you approach the subject of finding a safer place to store this medicine with Mr. Rotel?
Answer: comment on how talented his grandson is, then suggest locking the medication in a locking medicine cabinet to prevent his grandson, or anyone, from accidentally taking the medicine.
Explanation: While great healing and life extension have been made available with these miracles of modern medicine, great danger has come along with them. The effects of the prescribed medications aren't always the ones intended. And there's the additional possibility of the medicines falling into the wrong hands, either accidentally or on purpose. When you consider your client’s medications, think about how they handle their other valuables—their jewelry or investment information. They're probably locked up in a place that only they know about. Their medications need to be treated in the same way... PF
