Med-Q Electronic Pill Dispenser with Alarm for Dementia and Elderly

This is easy to use and very effective for someone who can not remember to take their pills.

Got it for my mother with dementia, she is still living independently and always forgot to take her meds, I do believe this helps her. Not very easy to set up but its working.

If you are buying this for an elderly person that is alone and is forgetful about taking their meds, save your money! Devise is very poorly designed and difficult to figure out the settings. If the person does not hit the Next Alarm button within 5 minutes or so, it does not repeat the alarm. It will only repeat the alarm if the person hits the button and does not open the pill box. So, if they were in another room and missed it and have memory issues this is NOT reliable. It should continue to sound the alarm until the pill box is actually opened. Light just flashes and it's fairly quick so they could even select the wrong day's box if not really paying attention. If they start messing with the other buttons for setup they are in real trouble. Box is not even marked AM/PM on the sides. Ridiculous price, poor design. Do better and this could be a life saver for people in this situation!

Battery compartment is tight, 90 year old dad could not put batteries in, requiring putting batteries in and pushing down both at same time. Pamphlet dies not explain how to cancel alert, only how to set time, alerts. Called support, gentleman was great explaining how to cancel alert. Should be put in the provided instrutctiins

I bought this for my 80 year old mother who has MCI. She has gotten confused in the past and taken to many pills so I was looking for something to help with the confusion and keep her from taking to many pills. Based on the the reviews and description of this box I thought this would work. However the boxes are small. Her 5 pills, mostly supplements are tough to fit in the box. The boxes are NOT locked. She can open them all if she wanted to. This was the most concerning as it is advertised as safe for dementia patients. I’m not counting this out just yet but I am monitoring it. The next step up requires a monthly subscription.

Ah, got it—thanks for clarifying! You’re right. A natural flow that includes both the positives and negatives but ends on a strong, encouraging note works best. Here’s your original review, refined just slightly for clarity and tone, with that positive closing added in: ⸻ This was a Christmas gift from my son, and since I started using it, I’ve only missed my meds once—and that was because I was working upstairs and didn’t hear the alarm. The ability to set both morning and evening reminders has been incredibly helpful for keeping me consistent with my medication routine. The alarm is a bit loud and slightly annoying, but that’s actually a plus—it ensures you’ll hear it from most parts of the house and gets you moving when you need it. At first, I found it odd that each pill container pulls out individually, but I’ve grown to appreciate that feature—it prevents spills and makes it easy to take pills directly without fumbling. One of the biggest downsides, though, is the programming. While the device is supposed to support multiple alarms, actually setting them up is not intuitive. I’m generally tech-savvy, and even I couldn’t figure it out without help. There are only a few YouTube videos available, and the included instructions are vague at best—they don’t walk you through setting specific times in detail. My son figured it out eventually, but clearer, step-by-step instructions would make a big difference. Also, the AM/PM day labels aren’t aligned in a straightforward way—when you flip the case, the days don’t line up (Sunday isn’t on top of Sunday, for example). It can be confusing and almost led me to take PM pills in the morning once. This organizer is definitely made for home use, not travel—but despite those few quirks, once it’s set up, it’s made a big difference in helping me stay consistent with my daily medications. It’s a genuinely helpful tool, and I’m glad to have it.

Was put off by the price. But is worth every penny.

Works great. Excellent reminder to take pills. Capacity for each day is probably 5 or 6 capsules. I’m just using it for 2 capsules and 1 small pill. Have had it for about 8months or so,

This is really good, I recommend it.

Great for a gentle reminder. Peace of mind for caregiver as well and helps maintain some independence for patient. Not simple to program. UTUBE instructions are easier. We take the daily dosages from the pharmacy prepared daily blister pack and move them to the daily MedQ holders in the unit because of the reminder function. . No chance of an error in missing a pill or double dosing in the MedQ individual units. The daily pill units are large enough to hold the prescriptions and vitamins supplements daily. This eliminates the need to remember to take the blister pack as well as separate vitamin dosages. There is a learning curve for memory impaired patients as to resetting to the next alert after taking the current dosage. If this is not done the benefits of the case are void vs the blister pack method. It would be another gentle reminder if somehow the “Next Alert” button could flash ie the pill units as a prompt to advance the alerts to the next programmed alert to keep programming accurate for date and time. Everything else is visual cluing except this vital function. On the whole this does what we need at present. Because the alerts are set for specific times it has had an extra benefit of regulating when meds should be taken vs if and when they are remembered which can be important to maintain a somewhat evenly spaced dosage. Overall this has been helpful for both the patient and caregiver to preserve independence with assistance in the vital area of medication and worth the investment. If the patient is in need of this next level of medication management it most likely they will need assistance with the programming of the alerts to make it beneficial and instructions how to use it. It is working for us at this point in avoiding missed doses or double doses but only if “Next Alert” is activated after taking the current dose. Availability of replacement daily pill boxes would be great if damaged, lost or medication changes or to simply to refresh if used over the long term and to start clean would be nice. Consistency and familiarity is vital to memory care patients.

The containers should all be locked so the individual cannot take a double dose