e-Pill MedTime Station – Locked Automatic Pill Dispenser with Tipper Base, 6 Alarm Settings – Transparent Clear Cover

This is such an awesome product! My grandfather has been struggling to take his medication on time, because whenever he takes a nap, he wakes up and thinks it's a new day, and tries to take his medication early. naturally this is a substantial problem, since taking multiple days' worth of meds in one day is very bad indeed.This has absolutely solved this problem!The alarm is fantastic too. it's loud and persistent, but not painful. it will absolutely wake my grandfather up, even when he's wearing his headphones, and helps him take them right on time.The only complaints are that the paper date wheel does indeed move around but a drop of glue fixes that easily. The other complaint is that while there's lots of room for his daily prescriptions, there isn't room for his supplements as well. If the person you're getting this for needs lots of those as well, the wells for the pills might not be quite big enough.All in all, this is an amazing machine, and it gives so much agency back to someone who needs help with their meds, but still wants to be in control of their life.

This is a great product. We purchased this for my elderly father. He had been having issues taking his meds. Initially he was a little confused about which way to pull the handle but it didn’t take long for him to figure it out. We set up the alarms without the audible noise and it seems to be working ok. We now have the peace of mind knowing he cannot unknowingly take too much of his meds.

I'm one of the "elderly, forgetful" parents mentioned in these descriptions & reviews. I'm 70 (10 yrs. younger than my husband) & have had balance problems for 15+ years, with falls resulting in many injuries & a broken nose. My docs were beginning to suspect that medication imbalances were causing these, so this gizmo became part of my life. I can't say we're friends yet -- too soon for that, since it's lived on our kitchen island for only 2 days. We're still checking each other out.I resent needing to plan my daily activities around a pill dispenser's schedule (AND a far-too-soft 'alarm'), & the machine probably thinks I don't take it seriously enough. (I admit I'm a bit more lacadasical than I should be re: my meds.)Our older daughters set the dispenser's calendar & filled each day's pill container for the first 9 days. The next 9-day cycle will be my husband's & my responsibility. It will be a royal pain every 9 days, but then we'll have consecutive 9 days without trying to remember if I've taken my meds, or counting out my pills. I'm fairly certain this handy-dandy helper will, indeed, make it easier for my docs to regulate each of my meds, & will ease our kids' worries.

I was in the market for a pill dispenser for a family member in cognitive decline. They have taken multiple days worth of pills in one sitting a few separate times. The time for their independent pill taking had come to an end, it was no longer safe. I looked into a company that seemed easy and had an app integration but would require a subscription and frankly, I have subscription fatigue, everything needs one now a days and I just don't want to add it on to my growing expense list. I was worried about this because of the learning curve my person may have to go through. When it arrived, I actually let it sit. Immediately I was worried about the size of the pill holder. I clearly isn't big enough for daily vitamins, which can be very large (fish oil) AND regular pills. On top of that my person is AWFUL at maintaining a regular schedule which is hard to develop after cognitive decline has started. They never wake up at a regular time and due to the excessive daytime sleepiness they take lots of naps and think a whole day has passed. Hence, taking multiple pills. After sitting down and understand how to program this for my persons needs I decided to omit the vitamins in the section and only put the 'important' pills. If they double dose on som fiber, it wont kill them. I set an AM/PM dispense with an audible alarm. It did in fact take a few weeks for them to understand what the blinking light and noise meant, and a few days to figure out how to tip the tray over.It's been several weeks with this machine and I'm happy to report no multiple dosages in a day. i can leave them unattended without worry of that ever happening again. This thing even locks although they haven't figured out how to twist it to get it out but I lock it anyway. I really like this and was worth the investment. I'd rather pay upfront than have to pay a subscription forever. If they come out with a box that has bigger slots, I'm definitely buying another one. Highly recommend if you have a person who needs help with pill dispensing.