You are working with a client who has required repeated hospitalizations because of not taking her medications. You administer the Performance Assessment of Self-Care Skills and determine she is not able to read the medication information on the pill bottle and that has been interfering with the client knowing which medication is in which pill bottle and how often to take each of the medications. Which of the following is the best intervention to use to address this problem?

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Creating large print labels with the name of the medication and dosage directions to put on the medication bottles would be the best intervention as it directly addresses the client's difficulty in reading the medication information on the pill bottle. This will improve the client's ability to identify which medication is in which pill bottle and how often to take each of the medications. Using a visual scheduler or a mobile phone app may be helpful but these interventions do not address the root cause of the problem. Having the client organize her medication in a pillbox may also be helpful but this does not address the issue of being able to read the medication information on the pill bottle.

You Are Working with a Client Who Has Required Repeated