Nancy: Family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances – Independence in managing medicines

Listen to patients and health professionals speak about their experience with taking multiple medicines.

Nancy
Female
Age at interview: 82
Number of medicines: 16
Cultural background: Australian/Italian/English

It is important to Nancy that she has control over her medicines, as it is her body.

Nancy:

No, I just do it myself. No, I wouldn't want that. I'm too ... what do you call it ... controlling. I'm a control freak when it comes to that. I have to do it so that I know it's right.

Jacqueline:

I can see that that would be very important to you.

Nancy:

Well, it is, yes. Because I'm taking drugs, I have to know that ... I just have to do it myself.

Jacqueline:

Sure.

Nancy:

My body, my pills.

 
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The Living with multiple medicines project was developed in collaboration with Healthtalk Australia.