e-Pill MedTime Station Automatic Pill Dispenser – Locked Medication Reminder with Tipper Base & 6 Alarms, Clear Cover – Pill Organizer for Seniors & Caregivers

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 machine works perfectly! My 97 yo Dad is alone for weeks at a time and we know his medications are being given the correct time of every day and night. It was the one thing he couldn't manage alone. Now I'm free a week or two if I choose. Life saver!

We ordered this pill dispenser a few weeks ago for our mother who has moderate dementia. We were hoping that this would help her to remember to take her meds. We loaded it up and programmed it for her (which was fairly easy) and decided to give it a try for a week. Well, the machine itself is very sturdy and I felt pretty easy to use. My mother on the other just could not remember what to do when the alarm went off. I coached her time and time again and she just is not able to comprehend learning a new task. I feel if we had introduced this to her a year or two ago that she may have been able to operate this device. We returned it for a refund.

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.

Fails miserably at its primary function. Unit does not keep accurate time and has worsened rather than improve the quality of life of my Alzheimer's patient. It has fallen 10 minutes behind the actual time since first turned on in January. This causes confusion for my patient when the alarm goes off and the patient checks her watch ... doesn't know what to do since the times don't match. The setup process is also flakey. The unit sometimes will not advance to the dosage per day function ... gets stuck in time setting. Going back to a regular pill box and an Apple Watch alarm. $400-plus dollars wasted.

I don’t know why they charge over $400 for this, but it works! I tried another method which was a voice alarm pill organizer and my mom couldn’t grasp how to use it because there were too many moving parts. My mom has MCI and this is the perfect answer. It’s easy to set up because the manual was written extremely well which doesn’t leave room for error. Don’t lose the instructions! There are 28 little pill compartments and there are a few different tones to choose from for the alarm. There’s a max of 6 alarms per day. The only thing my mom struggled a little with in the beginning was that you need to pull the lever ALL the way down for it to drop the pill in the stainless steel cup below. But I explained how it worked over the course of a couple of days PLUS added a couple of how to use reminder notes on the dispenser itself and it’s been smooth sailing since. I just bought a 2nd dispenser because I’m going on vacation and just one dispenser doesn’t have quite enough pill holders. I 100% recommend this dispenser. My advice is to have lots of patience while your loved one is getting used to it. It’s a good system.

This has helped prevent taking meds at the wrong time. You should put larger pills in first because the sections are not very big. My family member is on roughly 15 different meds including a daily multivitamin and they all fit on a twice daily am / pm rotation. This will help people with dementia not overmedicate. I would like it to be just a little bigger but it works great.

Ok. Parents with severely slipping memory. Totally got tired of complaining they weren't taking their meds correctly. So I ordered this "toy" to see how it worked, and see if it would solve my problem. First, let me say, don't go with the cheaper version. The alarm is a sound only dogs can hear. I mean, for Heaven's sake, who do they think needs this but the elderly that are HARD OF HEARING. Returned that one immediately and got this one. LOVE it!! The alarm is loud. Annoying. And goes on for an hour or until they flip it over and get the pill. It may even have the option to go longer, but you will see, they would have to be out of the house to not hear this one! Highly recommend this contraption. So much cheaper than someone coming by the house to admin meds. It works. I have to say, my mother was totally offended by it! But I just got past that. Now she's fine. If you are dealing with elderly and some form of dementia, do yourself a favor. Get this. But learn from my mistake! PICK UP THE PILL BOTTLES AND TAKE THEM WITH U!!! My mom kept trying to take the pills out of the pill bottle, forgetting they were coming out of this machine. Be in charge of refilling the machine. And it should be all good!!! Good luck!!