Sunday, March 8, 2015

Easy Way to Track Eye Drops After Cataract Surgery

Free post-cataract surgery eye drops tracking spreadsheet on Google Drive


My mom got cataract surgery in her left eye.

She doesn't use a smart phone. Or a computer. This left us with the formidable task of figuring out a system for her to remember how and when to take her eye drops. Then there was convincing her she could do it herself.

The post-surgery instructions to aid healing and avoid infection were complicated:
  • For 1 week, put 1 drop of Pharma in your eye.
  • Wait 5 minutes.
  • Put 1 drop of Vigamox in your eye.
  • Do this 4 times a day.
The following week do it 3 times a day.
Third week, 2 times a day.
The last week 1 time a day.

Then came the right eye surgery, in which she wondered if she should keep putting drops in her left eye!

How does someone with slight dementia track eye drops when us youngsters have enough trouble?

Here's how: Copy my free post-cataract surgery eye drops tracking spreadsheet from Google Drive.

It's Mom-approved: I "usability tested" this spreadsheet on my mom and updated it so the instructions would be very clear -- including which eye she is supposed to be putting the eye drops in.

I hope this shortcut spreadsheet helps you with your parent who has dementia or Alzheimers (or anyone who just plain needs an easy to way to track post-cataract surgery eye drops).

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