Long Term Medication

[deeb66]

Hi

I have a child in my care that has been having problems having a poo - she is now on medication which we originally thought was only going to be a couple of weeks but she has arrived this morning (been on holiday last 10 days) and mum has told me that they have been back to the doctors and things still haven't massively improved so she will be on the medication for quite some time.

I have a standard permission form for prescribed medications but usually as they are only given short term, I get the parent to bring completed form every day with doses and times to be given etc. As this is going to be a long term thing I think it very silly that a new form has to be filled in everyday and was going to type new one up that would cover a longer period - probably a month at a time.

I haven't had a child in a long time that needed long term medication (have long time ago before we had to be as strict with paperwork!!) and was wondering what was the best way to go about this? Has anyone got a child on long term medication?

I can type up a standard form easily enough and get mum to sign them each month but what do you do to log that the medication was actually given. We never used to worry about this in the past but bearing in mind how fussy Ofsted are now I am trying to figure out the best way of proving/logging that the medication was given, dosage, time,date etc and do you get the parent to sign as acknowledgement, if so how often do you get them to sign it i.e. do you do list all relevent details daily and just get them to sign for a week at a time?

I hope I am making sense but I would be really grateful if you would be willing to share ideas with me and point me in the right direction because at the moment I don't really know what to do for the best.

Thanks very much

Dee

[Pauline]

Dee - First I'm glad to hear that someone else makes their own forms! I do too, rather than using the expensive NCMA or Morton Michel ones!!

My form has:

Date / Required Dose or Treatment Duration / Time dose or treatment is to be given

Then a signature area:

I request that my child be given the above medication/treatment at the stated times and for the stated duration

Signature of Parent/Carer:
Date:

Signature of Childminder:
Date:

then there is a section for the childminder to sign for each dose:

date / time / signature

I'd keep filling in the form until the above 'dose given' section was full, then start another one, duly signed, for the following period.

Hope that makes sense, I could send you a copy if you like.

[manjay]

Hi Dee,

I have forwarded you a copy of the one I have on my files.

Amanda xx

[angeldelight]

Hi Dee

I more or less do the same as Pauline

I have a child autistic whom is on long term medication and we do not fill in the form every day

Pauline`s advice was good

I know what you mean about it never used to be like this we have to think of everything now don't we

Angel xx

[deeb66]

Pauline - I know what you mean about expensive forms - I used to use them as I think they are great when you are just starting out but I converted them to my own PC years ago - I find it so much easier as can just print them off when needed.

I would really appreciate if you could send me a copy so that I can look and see it in 'action' as it were - my email addy is in my profile - thank you.

Amanda - thanks very much but there was no attachement - can you please resend - thank you I really appreciate it.

Dee

[Pauline]

Have just emailed it over Dee xx

[deeb66]

Amanda & Pauline

I have got them both - thank you

Will sit and have a look and make up my own form later.

Thanks very much ladies I really appreciate the help

Dee

[tasha]

Hi,

My daughter had similar problems and instead of giving long term medication gave her doses of unsweetened prune juice - doesn't taste of anything really - ( as a baby from 3 months-dilute 1 oz prune juice - 3 oz cooled boiled water). This sorted her out her problems.

Tasha

[deeb66]

Thanks very much Tasha but we have already tried every trick in the book.

The main problem is now the child is terrified to have a poo so she 'stores' it which makes matters worse. We are now trying to get it soft enough that she won't be able to ignore the sensation.

Dee

[tasha]

Oh the poor love! - Charlotte did this too for a time before we got everything sorted!!

Well - good luck with it all, it's not much fun I'm afraid, but once it's all sorted tends to stay that way!!!!

Tasha

[deeb66]

Yeah hopefully - it is quite distressing seeing her crying and screaming when she realises that she needs to go.

Dee